Guardians of the Tower

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Crows And Ravens Challenge - June 2024

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The Ravens

'If the ravens leave the Tower, the kingdom will fall...'

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photoart with gimp & pixlr

(fyi org photo googled and then i lined drew over it before editing and making this piece)

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The legend of the Tower ravens

 

It is said that the kingdom and the Tower of London will fall if the six resident ravens ever leave the fortress.

 

Charles II is thought to have been the first to insist that the ravens of the Tower be protected after he was warned that the crown and the Tower itself would fall if they left.

 

The King's order was given against the wishes of his astronomer, John Flamsteed, who complained the ravens impeded the business of his observatory in the White Tower.

current Tower ravens are Jubilee, Harris, Poppy, Georgie, Edgar, Branwen and Rex.

TOWER OF LONDON

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