King Charles Execution - TOP 50 THINGS TO DO IN LONDON - Joolz Guides

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Joolz shows you where King Charles had his head chopped off in Whitehall. Just opposite the Horse Guards is a building called the Banqueting house where, on a cold January day in 1649, King Charles was made to step out of the first floor window and onto a gallows. A huge crowd had gathered to witness the execution of a King who was accused of tyrannical rule and overthrowing the rights and liberties of his people.
King Charles was the first British Monarch to be put on trial for treason. The day of King Charles' execution was so cold that he requested an extra shirt so that the crown would not thing he shivered out of fear.
Some say the executioner asked for his pardon but he declined and after his head was chopped off there was a groan from the crown and some cheering, as people dipped their handkerchiefs in his blood as a memento of the occasion.

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What about the black mark at the II (2 or 10 min) on the clock over Horse Guards, England’s darkest days when we executed a King (at 2pm) 🕑

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He wasn't executed just because he married a Catholic

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