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The Discovery of the Princes in the Tower

History Daily

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🗓️ 17 July 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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July 17, 1674. The skeletons of two boys are discovered in the Tower of London, leading to speculation that they are the long-lost King Edward V and his brother.


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As a member of Noiser Plus at Noiser.com or in Apple Podcasts,

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or you can get all of History Daily plus other fantastic history podcasts at into History.com. It's July 17th, 1674 at the Tower of London in England. A laborer lifts a sledgehammer above his head and brings it down hard on a stone staircase.

0:37.2

The impact shakes his entire body, but he barely pauses before lifting the hammer back up and taking another swing.

0:44.6

The Tower of London has stood on this site for more than 600 years, but today's royal

0:49.4

palace bears little resemblance to the original fortress.

0:52.9

Almost every English monarch has left his mark on the tower,

0:56.3

constructing new buildings, strengthening the walls,

0:58.9

and demolishing old rooms.

1:00.8

Today, this laborer is knocking down a flight of stairs to make way for a new chapel.

1:06.3

With another powerful swing of the hammer, part of the staircase collapses.

1:10.8

But as the dust clears, the laborer realizes there's a hidden void behind the stairs and near the back of the cavity is a wooden chest.

1:19.0

Curious, the laborer drags the chest out of the rubble.

1:24.0

If there's a long forgotten royal treasure inside, he might be able to pocket it before anyone notices.

1:30.0

He could become rich enough to start a new life, one that doesn't involve hard physical labor.

1:36.2

With the last check to make sure he's alone, the laborer opens the chest, then recoils. There's no glittering gold inside.

1:45.0

Instead, there's a pile of white bones and sitting on top two small human skulls.

1:53.0

Investigations into the bones reveal them to be the remains of two children.

1:58.0

Royal historians excitedly proclaimed that the skeletons must belong to the deposed 12-year-old King

2:03.9

Edward V and his younger brother who mysteriously disappeared in the Tower of

2:08.4

London almost two centuries earlier. This grisly discovery will add to the speculation that the princes in the

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