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The Tower of London’s origins go back to 1066. After defeating Harold II ... It would become known as the White Tower (although it was not whitewashed until the 1200s). Nearly square, 107 ...
BATTERED yet unbowed, the Tower of London became a symbol of resistance ... Bombs landed a few feet away, but the white stone edifice, where The Princes in the Tower were perhaps murdered on ...
A sea of blood-red poppies has once again poured over the Tower of London — this time to mark ... sees poppies cascading down the White Tower before forming a dramatic crater at the heart ...
The Queen has described a commemorative poppy display at the Tower of London as “beautiful” and ... now redesigned to flow from the White Tower. Camilla admired the ceramic flowers and joked ...
now redesigned to flow from the White Tower. The Queen walks with Constable of the Tower of London, General Sir Gordon Messenger (Stefan Rousseau/PA) Camilla admired the ceramic flowers and joked ...
The Queen has admired a new display of nearly 30,000 ceramic poppies at the Tower of London to mark 80 years ... Poppies flow down the side of the White Tower, where a frozen "splash" of the ...
As the five finalists for a permanent memorial of Queen Elizabeth II in St James’s Park are announced, Jonathan Glancey looks at what has worked in the past - and what doesn’t work if we want ...
The Queen has admired a new display of nearly 30,000 ceramic poppies at the Tower of London to mark 80 years ... Poppies flow down the side of the White Tower, where a frozen “splash” of ...
In 2014 the Tower of London was transformed with tens of thousands ... ‘Poppies will pour across the lawn overlooked by the ancient White Tower, where the blood-red flowers will form a crater ...
LONDON, May 6 (Reuters ... to form a bright red cascade flowing from one corner of the 950-year-old White Tower onto the grass below. Sign up here. "They become a metaphor for the spilled ...