Welcome back to the Historic Royal Palace's podcast.

Last night was Guy Falks Night here in the UK, and the skies are still hazy with smoke from

bombfires and fireworks.

We are told in the famous nursery rhyme that there is no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.

But in today's episode, we're going to discuss the legacy of the foiled plot

and what relevance Guy Falk has to us today.

I'm Charles Farris, and I'm a curator at the Tower of London.

Let's head back to the studio to catch up with

Alden Gregory and Brett Dolman, who were halfway through the story.

Hello, yes, I'm Alden. I'm the curator of historic buildings at the Tower of London.

Hello, I am Brett Dolman, and I am a curator of collections mostly based at

Hampton Court Palace and I've got an interest in 17th century history and how the events of that

century are still with us today. Fantastic. Well, hello both and welcome back. Olden, to start off,

would you like to give the listeners a quick recap of where we've got to in the story?

Yes, so we left the story on the eve of the 5th of November.

Robert Catesby had put together a group of fanatical Catholic plotters.

13 in number.

13 in number.

Among some Guy Fawkes.

And they're planning to blow up the Houses of Parliament

on the day of its state opening, the 5th of November.

And in doing so to assassinate King James I, his family and all of the

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