The stone fortress was built by William the Conqueror in the 1070s to guard his power and houses the crown jewels. The tower is steeped in tragic history. “Kings and queens imprisoned their rivals and ...

Built as a fortress by William the Conqueror beginning in the 1070s, the UNESCO-listed Tower of London is one of the city's most iconic landmarks. Once a palace for monarchs, a formidable state prison ...

Jane Pauley offers a London history lesson, from the beginning: For centuries London was the center of the vast British Empire, but there was a time when it was a mere outpost on the fringes of ...

Planning a trip to London with kids and aren’t sure about touring the Tower of London? Keep scrolling to check out my personal experiences of touring the Tower of London with kids from my last two ...

Find out if one of history’s greatest cold cases—the imprisonment of two princes in the Tower of London—can finally be solved. Their disappearance led to centuries of mystery and speculation. Were the ...

Welcome to the City of London, affectionately known as the Square Mile. It’s where history and modern London collide in brilliant fashion. In this compact patch of Greater London, ...

LONDON — For the first time in their long history, Britain’s iconic Beefeaters, who guard the millennium-old Tower of London, are facing job cuts. Visitors to the landmark have fallen off sharply amid ...

It’s not only illustrious or infamous guests who stayed at the Tower of London. Not only is it the final resting place to many traitors to the crown, the infamous Tower of London has also been home to ...

If an ancient prophecy is right, Michael "Barney" Chandler has just got the most important job in England.The 56-year-old former Royal Marine is the new ravenmaster at the Tower of London, responsible ...

Despite having reopened on July 10, the Tower of London will place some of its guards under redundancy, Historic Royal Palaces confirmed to the Daily Mail. Layoffs are likely, Historical Royal Palaces ...

One day in 2021, Megan Clawson was walking home from a night out when she was inspired to record a video on her phone. “Yo, can you imagine that Henry VIII used to come home steaming to this, and I ...