Ever since it was erected, the Tower of London has always been a powerful and threatening symbol. This is where crowns were ...

She may have been executed there almost 500 years ago, but a new play is set to bring Anne Boleyn back to life at the Tower of London from next month. Written and directed by Michael Fentiman, The ...

By the scaffold site on Tower Green, he tells me that terrifying shrieks have been heard there on the anniversary of the death of the Countess of Salisbury, who was hacked to death May 27, 1541, by an ...

The dig might have uncovered some of the earliest victims of the Black Death, and other tantalizing clues about medieval life ...

Nobody’s exactly sure when she was born, but we all know when and how she died – unjustly accused of adultery, incest, witchcraft, and high treason, and beheaded with a single sword-stroke at the hand ...

Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London: How aptly the title states the major roles of this iconic structure. Rising next to the River Thames, it was once the largest ...

The Tower of London has overlooked the River Thames since the 1070s and has witnessed everything from executions to ...

The most significant excavation in a generation is underway at the Tower of London and it’s promising to “re-draw the map of the medieval fortress” and shed light on some of the people who lived, ...

The remains of 50 people have been uncovered as part of an excavation dig at the Tower of London (stock image)Credit: Getty Built in the 11th century, the Tower of London is widely regarded as one of ...

The skeletons of a woman and child have been discovered in the Tower of London, the first skeletons found at the famous historic site in 50 years. The fortress, which is nearly 1,000 years old, is ...