Don’t think of The Tower of London as a cozy home. Henry lived there before he was king. It was a safe house when politics got scary.
Later, he turned it into a prison and execution site. Two of his wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, lost their heads on the green. Talk about a terrible guest review.
Fun fact: He kept a massive menagerie of exotic animals there. Lions, tigers, and even a polar bear that could fish in the Thames. His zoo was better than most royal courts.
