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THE TOWER OF LONDON

London, England

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Murder of the two Princes

The Bloody Tower was the scene for the infamous disappearance of the two princes; Edward V (aged 12) and Richard Duke of York (aged 10), who are thought to have been murdered in 1483 on the probable command of the Duke of Gloucestershire, who was to be crowned Richard the III.

According to one story, guards in the late 15th century, who were passing the stairs in the Bloody Tower, spotted the shadows of two small figures gliding down the stairs. These figures were identified as the ghosts of the two princes. In 1674 workmen found a chest that contained the skeletons of two young children, they were thought to be the remains of the princess, and were given a royal burial not long afterwards.

Sir Walter Raleigh makes an appearance now and again, and has been seen as recently as 1983 by a Yeoman Guard on duty in the Byward Tower. The same ghost was also seen a year and a half later by a different guard in the same area. Sir Walter is said to wander the tower as he did when he was imprisoned. He was not as restricted in movements as some of the other prisoners during his incarceration.

Other ghostly traditions include the screams of Guy Fawkes echoing through the tower, as they did when he was tortured before being hung drawn and quartered, the ghost of Lord Northumberland who was executed in 1553, and various other apparitions and ghosts from the Tower's bloody history.

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The Tower of London - History of the Tower
The Tower of London - The Tower's Ghosts
The Tower of London - Murder of the two Princes
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