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She looks a little worried.
Opposite Traitors Gate is the Wakefield Tower built
in the early 13th century. Here the Crown Jewels were housed from
1870 until 1967. The tower has 2 chambers, the ground floor acting
as a guardroom to the postern which led to the royal apartments
above. These apartments were destroyed by Cromwell. The upper floor
now contains a large and magnificent octagonal vaulted chamber in
which there is an oratory.
Henry VI died in the Wakefield Tower on May 21st 1471.
Henry VI, who was also founder of Eton College, and of Kings College,
Cambridge, is supposed to have been murdered on the orders of the
Duke of Gloucester, later Richard III.
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