Royal London

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Tower of London

The Crown Jewels: St Edward's Crown that was put on Elizabeth II in 1953 and Charles III in 2023, in the fortress that has kept them since 1661.

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The Jewel House holds the working regalia rather than replicas - the crown of the coronation itself, the Imperial State Crown the monarch wears out of the Abbey and at the State Opening, the orb, the sceptre with the Cullinan diamond, the anointing spoon that survived Cromwell - and the queue moves past them on a conveyor because otherwise nobody would. Around them is the medieval fortress, the ravens, the Yeoman Warders and the Ceremony of the Keys at ten each night, which has been performed for seven hundred years and can be booked.

Where
Tower Hill, EC3N 4AB
Nearest station
Tower Hill · 2 min walk

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Hours

Monday10:00 – 17:30
Tuesday09:00 – 17:30
Wednesday09:00 – 17:30
Thursday09:00 – 17:30
Friday09:00 – 17:30
Saturday09:00 – 17:30
Sunday10:00 – 17:30

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 5 September 2026.

Last entry an hour before closing; shorter hours from November to February.

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