An M.P. once suggested I be put in the Tower of London for saying derogatory things about the royals. There's no First Amendment in my country.
In Peter Ackroyd's book 'London: The Biography,' he describes the route of the medieval wall that enclosed the original city. Take the book and follow it from the Tower of London via the Barbican to Ludgate Hill. You experience the real history of London.
When the ravens leave the Tower, England shall fall, they say. We want to be there shooting the ravens.
I know London very well.
I love being in London because it means I am breathing the same air as the Queen.
There are stories and history everywhere in London.
In Rome, I particularly love the history, churches, sculptures and architecture and the fact that you can walk along a tiny cobbled street and turn the corner to find the Trevi Fountain. London is evocative of other eras and full of history.
London, from the architecture to the culture to the fashion to the accents, feels like it's a special place.
English history consists largely of royal people getting their heads chopped off...Needless to say, this brand of history was a hit with our son.
The Globe will become an automatic sight like the Tower of London and St. Paul's.
In 1255, Louis IX of France presented an elephant to Henry III of England to add to the menagerie of exotic animals he kept in the Tower of London.
