The Bloody Tower-Day #3

Here’s some things that happened on Day 3: 

1. I ate an almost full English Breakfast (no eggs, tomatoes, or mushrooms).
2. I saw The Crown Jewels at The Tower of London (which included The Grand Punch Bowl, that could hold up to 144 bottles of wine….WHAT? I need a replica asap). 
3. I witnessed a small child tell a tour guide, dressed like Catherine Parr, to just murder her husband and her life would have been fine and another child told her to just do as you’re told. 
4. We found American Gatorade (sadly we didn’t have time to buy it, I will be going back). 
5. We found ICE and Gluten Free Pizza all at the same place!! SCORE!
6. We accidentally walked to the Horse Guards Parade, who knew a whole ass horse parade happened literally ten minutes from our show? 
7. Sadly there were no horses at said parade, but that is a problem for a different day. 
8. I got my obligatory tourist telephone box photo. 
9. We got to see Patricia Allison in a fringe show!! (Ola in Sex Education and we got a picture with the whole cast, we just cool like that.) 
10. There was a whole bag of spilt ice outside of the tube by our hotel, and I think that who ever did that should be sent to the torture at The Tower of London. 

The Tower of London…I’m gonna blow your mind here…actually a castle. Boom,  mind blown. So that was my first time being in a castle which was really cool, it felt like walking through a huge Medieval Times, minus all of the jousting and turkey legs.. My favorite part was probably The Bloody Tower. It had such a spooky and eerie feeling, which I thought the torture devices exhibit was going have that same feeling, but it was wayyyy too cheerful in my opinion. The Bloody Tower was home to Edward V and his younger brother Richard and also later imprisoned Sir Walter Raleigh.

Edward V and Richard were princes that were presumed to have disappeared and been murdered. The Duke, Edward V’s uncle, who would later become Richard III placed the brothers in the tower for protection. The boy’s mysterious earthly departure is still up for debate and many historians do not know the true answer. But many people believe that Richard III had the boys murdered so that he could take over. In 1674, there were bones of two boys of similar ages of the princes, uncovered beneath The White Tower at The Tower of London, these bones were buried in Westminster Abbey as they were assumed to be the princes but there is no conclusive evidence that is, even to this day. 

Sir Walter Raleigh is the most famous/known person to be imprisoned in The Bloody Tower as he is noted for exploring North America, defending England against the Spanish, and overall being a favorite of Elizabeth I. Raleigh was imprisoned for allegedly marrying against the wishes of Elizabeth I and he spent thirteen years in the Bloody Tower. While being imprisoned he was allowed to have his family live with him in the tower, have his own study, three servants, visitors (that included the royal family), and his own garden (where he grew crops from his travels, including rosemary, mint, and tobacco). In 1616, Raleigh was finally released from the Bloody Tower from orders from James (who inherited the throne from Elizabeth I). Raleigh undertook an expedition to Guiana, in search of The City of Gold. But the trip was a disaster and he was brought back to The Bloody Tower in 1618, and then about two months later. 

If you were sentenced to The Bloody Tower, you’re not making it out alive. Sorry about it, I guess that’s how it got its name. The Bloody Tower was the only place that made me feel like, okay made this would suck. And that’s why it was my favorite, because the staircase to get to the upper level almost turned me into the Bloody Tower, so it kept me on my toes from the beginning.