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 ...

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, ...

Historian Dan Jones visits the Tower of London. Dan Jones explores one of the oldest and most fearsome castles ever built: the Tower of London. The Tower is an iconic fortress, synonymous with ...

Beefeaters, the Yeoman Warders who live and work at the Tower of London, are facing job losses for the first time in their 500-year history. Some of the 37 serving Beefeaters are set to lose their ...

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 ...

Built by William the Conqueror beginning in 1078 as a super-castle, the Tower of London has been variously the kingdom’s primary palace, a prison and execution site, a zoo, the Royal Mint, and home to ...

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 ...

The Tower of London is one of the most historic places in England; it's also considered one of the most haunted. As the site of numerous executions, torture, and imprisonment, the bloody Tower of ...

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 ...

The Beefeaters made her do it. Carrin Schottler was trying to focus on the centuries of British history at the Tower of London. Imposing white stone towers. Impressive armor. Ravens circling turrets.