The Tower of London

Probably the _________ (famous) victim of The Tower was Anne Boleyn, the unfortunate __________ (two) wife of Henry VIII. But Guy Fawkes, Thomas Moore, and even the future Queen Elizabeth I were all imprisoned there.

In 1483 the 13-year-old King Edward 5th and his 10-year-old brother Richard were _________ (murder) there.

The Tower was a fortress but later it was used as a royal palace, a prison, an armoury, the Royal Mint, and an observatory. Since 1303 it has also _______ (be) used for storing the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom. Today the Tower is a museum.

Possibly ______ (few) people know that the Tower was also one of the royal zoos. Lions, tigers and some exotic species lived in the Tower gardens over 800 years ago.

The Tower is probably _______ (good) known for the famous prisoners who _____(keep) and sometimes executed there.

Most people know the legend that if the ravens ever leave the Tower – then the British Monarchy _______ (doom).

“Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress”, “The Tower” and “The White Tower” are all names for the building most known as The Tower of London. The construction _______ (begin) in 1078 and lasted two hundred years more.