The Ghosts of The Tower of London, Part 1

Over the coming week, I hope to lead you on aThe story of the little princes is still to this day a
journey of discovery and adventure. Briefly taking aheartbreaking story. They are "among the most
glimpse into a past so horrid. Of haunting tales andpoignant ghosts" in the Tower of London.
ghastly ends that awaited so many of her mostThe most persistent ghost in The Tower of London is
famous occupants. Firing your imagination, so that youthe ghost of Queen Anne Boleyn.
will delve deeper into her history for yourselves.The King, Henry VIII, after learning the baby she carried
During her long and illustrious 900 years, The Tower offor nine months was a boy and still born, accused by
London has developed into one of the most hauntedher of infidelity.
places in Britain. She has been home to beheadingsShe was taken to TOWER GREEN and was
and murders, torture and hangings, as well as being abeheaded on May 19, 1536.
prison to Queens and Nobles alike.Queen Anne appears near the Queen's House, close
Thomas A. Becket is "the first reported sighting of ato the site where her execution was carried out. She
ghost at the Tower of London."can be seen leading a ghostly procession of Lords and
During the construction on the Inner Curtain Wall in theLadies down the aisle of the Chapel Royal of St. Peter
13th century, Thomas appeared apparently unhappyad Vincula.
about the construction, and it is said he reduced theShe floats down the aisle to her final resting place.
wall to rubble with a strike of his cross. Henry III'sQueen Anne is buried under the Chapel's altar. Her
grandfather was responsible for the death of Thomasheadless body has also been seen walking the
Becket, so Henry III wasted no time building a chapel incorridors of the Tower.
the Tower of London, naming it for the archbishop.Sir Walter Raleigh lived quite comfortable compared to
This must have pleased Thomas' ghost because thereothers who were imprisoned within the walls of the
were no further interruptions during the construction ofBloody Tower.
the wall.His "rooms" are still furnished as they were in the 16th
The Bloody Tower was the scene of the infamouscentury, and can be seen when visiting the Tower
disappearance of the two princes; Edward V (12) andtoday.
Richard Duke of York (10), who are thought to haveHe was executed by James I, and has been seen
been murdered in 1483 on the probable command oflooking exactly as he does in his portrait hanging in the
the Duke of Gloucestershire, who was to be crownedBloody Tower.
Richard the III.I hope you have enjoyed Pt1 to The Ghosts of The
According to one story, guards in the late 15th century,Tower of London. In Pt2 we discover what happend
who were passing the Bloody Tower, spotted theto Catherine Howard and Lady Jane Grey as well as
shadows of two small figures gliding down the stairsthe Horrific end to the Countess of Salisbury.
still wearing the white night shirts they had on the nightIf these tales have brought your imagination back to
they disappeared.life and you want to discover more ghostly and
They stood silently, hand in hand, before fading backgruesome stories of times past. Then pay a visit to
into the stones of the Bloody Tower.my Haunted Castles page where you can find out
These figures were identified as the ghosts of the twoabout the grisly goings on at Windsor Castle or read
princes. In 1674 workmen found a chest that containedabout the Heroic tale of the Two Brothers of Berry
the skeletons of two young children, they werePomeroy Castle in Devon.
thought to be the remains of the princess, and wereBest wishes and have a great day!
given a royal burial not long afterwards.