Hi folks, today is the 350th anniversary of the most ambitious attempt to steal England's

Crown Jewels in history from the depths of the Tower of London. On 9 May 1671, Thomas

Blood, what a great name, Thomas Blood tricked his way into the Crown Jewels, battered someone

half the death, and made off with Charles II's Crown and some of the most important treasures

in the kingdom. It is an astonishing tale, and to tell us all about it is Sebastian Edwards,

he's the deputy chief curator at a Tower of London where the Crown Jewels are held to this

day. You can love this, learn all about Colonel Blood, known as the man who stole the Crown

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the crown jewels. Happy 350th everyone.

Sebastian thank you very much coming on the podcast. My pleasure, nice to be really done.

Well, we are talking about the greatest heist, I mean people talk about the great train robbery.

I mean honestly, this knocks the great train robbery into obscurity, doesn't it? What

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