Prince Edward Examines The 900 Year History Of Windsor Castle | Crown & Country | Real Royalty

The foreign farm next to the River Thames that overlooks this part of the Tennis Valley is possibly the most famous fortress in Britain, if not the world. The site was chosen by William the First for strategic reasons, as it was designed to visibly impose the will of the Norman conqueror on the Saxons. Since those first fortifications of 1070, Windsor Castle has gradually grown beyond being a mere fortress to today, when it is the largest occupied

castle

in the world. From the time the Conqueror laid down plans for Windsor Castle, its Central Fortress was unique with a complex set of The outer perimeter defenses were unlike those of any other Norman

castle

, but then it had a special role.

Windsor was part of a ring of nine forts around London to protect the new capital overlooking the Thames. Windsor controlled the main access from the west, the river also meant that troops from Windsor could reinforce the capital very quickly but, more importantly, the castle provided an excellent base from which the king could go hunting in the ancient Saxon royal hunting forest, no doubt this vast green area south of Windsor and the sport it offers has attracted monarchs. to Windsor through the ages, the curfew tire is one of the oldest surviving parts of the castle, dating back to the early 13th century, in the time of Henry III, who with his grandfather Henry II completed the reconstruction of the castle and its defenses with stone wells.

Curfew Tire is very special in that it is one of the three original towers that were built on the western side of the castle in 1475. King Edward IV gave St George's Chapel its bell tower, so that the bells ring from here. For every royal birthday, for every saint's day, and for the most important holidays of the Church of England, there is a cannon right at the top pointing towards the bridge at Eaton. The other two features are a doorbell camera downstairs, but also outside. that's an exit port now Sally Paul was the type of emergency exit used when a castle was under siege and the exit port is large enough to accommodate a man on horseback going down to the bottom coming out in the ditch and so when the castle was under siege, it was a secret exit from the castle.

Henry III III was also responsible for expanding the royal apartments in the upper district. The top prize is the highest and most defensible part of the castle where the sovereign resides. The part built on the side of the hill below the rantar where soldiers and royal staff traditionally lived is known as the lower district. Another obvious attraction for the

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was the security and defense that the castle offered. Elizabeth the First was the one who sought refuge here when she learned of the plot against her throne, it wasn't just her position that made Windsor so safe, it also had a garrison situation that continues to this day when the cast of God History Hit is a streaming platform that's just for

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at checkout the original garrison was stationed in the castle and throughout its history there has always been a manned guardian.

Garrison was initially required to be in charge of the Castle's defences, defending the western approaches to London and providing reinforcements if the capital was threatened. Thanks later, when Windsor began to be used as a Royal Palace, Garrison was required to act as a royal bodyguard protecting members of the royal family as they traveled to and from Windsor and while staying at or near the castle, the castle has only It has been attacked three times in its history, but its size and location have made it virtually impregnable, the one feature that stands out above all others. At Windsor Castle is the famous Round Tower started by Henry III, it could have been inspired by The Legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, it only served one king as a resident, Edward III, who was responsible for founding the oldest order of chivalry. on earth the order of the garter more than 600

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s later and the Knights still meet at Windsor once a

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in the shadow of this great tower the age of chivalry was the era in which the concept of Chivalry took on meaning All-new Edward III was the epitome of this new medieval night, handsome, strong, brave and religious, to many he seemed a reincarnation of the legendary hero King Arthur and he did nothing to dispel such a thought.

The order's origin story is typical of celebrating the capture of Calais with a dance. was celebrated in 1348. The king was dancing with the most glamorous lady in the Kingdom, Joan, Countess of Salisbury, when her garter slipped to the floor, the king picked it up and, to the great amusement, his courtiers and fellow revelers put it on. on his own leg. but he reproached them by saying oniswa kimolipas, which means shame or disgrace for those who think badly of it, so the legend says how the oldest order of chivalry was founded and its motto may sound inspiring and romantic, but in

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ity it has a valuable political objective. . it linked the land's imams more closely to the

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and solved the problem of administering a feudal kingdom.

The select band would gather in Windsor each year to joust, feast and pray. Today there are 24 nights attending the annual league day procession and service. Thank you. the service is held in St. George's Chapel, the main role has always been that of sanctuary or Chapel of the order of the garter, each evening, by appointment, a place is assigned in St. George's Chapel, in that on there is a fixed plaque with the Knight of the Leagues coat of arms, so if he is a commoner before receiving the award, he must have a coat of arms made especially for him and Edward Heath was one Harold Wilson.

Another above the post plate is a helmet on which the crest is placed. of the coat of arms now the crest was a device that knights in the joust wore on top of their helmets so that it was possible to identify one competitor from another although near this site there has been a church since the time of Henry III it was in 1475 when Edward IV began the current construction of Sin George's Chapel; The Half Moon Chapel was begun in 1475 as the king's private Chapel which had been attached to the Royal Apartments and it was at the end of the period of construction known as Gothic that it was in a sense the final flowering. of the Perpendicular Gothic period, hence the very wide nave and the very large windows in both the West End and the East End, it was common in those times for the king to ask the Pope to exempt civic places from the authority of the church .

In doing so, the Windsor chapter became responsible not to the Archbishop of Canterbury or to the local Diocesan Bishop who was then the Bishop of Salisbury, but responsible to the Sovereign alone and, because it was exempt, it was peculiar and therefore St George has therefore been known as a royal peculiar and only two rough peculiars survive today, making George's Chapel at Windsor Castle and St Peter's College in Westminster, also known as Abbey of Westminster, right up there in the chapter library William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor was supposedly performed for the first time. Includes Surprisingly, the full staff character anyone who knows Shakespeare there will

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ize that he first appeared in Henry IV, meaning that to appear in The Merry Wives he would have to be at least 150 years old, why Queen Elizabeth The first commissioned the work and the entire staff.

She was one of her favorite characters. The Bard also included one or two local legends such as Herm The Hunter. There is an old story that Herm The Hunter was once a keeper here in Windsor Forest and he spent all winter at midnight walking around a big oak tree. horns in the most gruesome and gruesome manner Hearn was one of Richard II's hunters at Windsor during a particular chase in the royal hunting forest. Hearns saved the king from being gored by a stag, but he himself was fatally shot and would certainly have died if it had not been for a stranger who came out of the woods and tied a pair of stag antlers to Hearn's head, the mysterious cure seemed to work. and the king was so relieved that he promised him that if he fully recovered he would make him the chief of the hunters in gratitude for saving his life.

The other hunter was so jealous that they threatened to kill the stranger if he managed to save Hern's life. The wizard predicted that although Hernd would become the head hunter, he would not hold the position for long when Hearn assumed his new duties. He had so little luck finding sport for his teacher that he quickly fell out of favor and was fired. He was so distraught that he hanged himself from one of the Great Expectations that he soon became known as Hans Oak and was replaced a few times. This planted a bicycle in with the seventh at the beginning of the century is very close to where the original stood, the reason the legend lives on is that Hearn and his hands can occasionally be heard engaging in a ghostly chase across the park, former Chief Huntsman still wears his strange headdress.

Isabel was an avid hunter and an excellent horseback rider; she was still riding the dogs at the age of 66. She loved Windsor and intended to be buried here, but in the end she is not one of the ten sovereigns whose remains are found within it. the vaults of Saint George's The special thing about Saint George's is explaining much of the history of England that is found here around us to many people who visit us. I think people walk away much wiser knowing that their story is based here in one place. The kings buried here span some 500 years.

His monuments can be found in various parts of the chapel, however, the majority are in the chancel. Listen to them as we move towards the altar, we reach the royal vault that King George III commissioned and had George's Chapel built. Chapel, two of his sons sadly died in 1810, 1811 and were buried in criminal conditions in Westminster Abbey and this is what caused a newer Royal Vault to be excavated here, who is the oldest monarch or what is the first monarch of the Lancastrian sovereign who died in 1910. The tomb was executed here by an Australian sculptor and they actually carved the petteria of King Edward, his dog Caesar, who survived him and walked in his funeral procession and lies at his feet, at the feet of his master, Caesar was buried in the pet cemetery, one of the other monarchs was buried. here is Charles I on January 30, 1649 Charles became the only king executed by pound.

The fortunes of the castle during his reign exactly mirrored those of the crown and

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when the Civil War began in 1642. Windsor was betrayed to the forces of Parliament without a shot being fired - the only time it was under the control of Parliament. Puritan forces in Parliament. Windsor experienced his darkest days, the dean and the cannons were evicted from St. George's, his horses were sacrificed and the chapel looted the king's collection of pictures and artefacts. Works of art were sold and they even tried to sell the castle. It was also used as a prison, among others, for Carlos.

It was from Windsor that Charles was taken to London to face trial and subsequent execution in Whitehall. His body was brought here to be buried and while the vault was being prepared, the dismembered corpse was placed on this table and his head was sewn back to his body as the funeral Cortez walked down the hill to the chapel in February 1649 it was cold terrible and the Thames had frozen the skies. It became darker and a strong snowstorm swept through the castle, covering the Black Velvet curtains and turning them white. The restoration of the monarchy in 1660 revived Las Fortunas del Castillo and interned the nation, the

country

had grown tired of being governed by Saints, fanatics and elders.

They wanted to change the generals and Charles II was delighted to do so. He was an extremely astute and diplomatic sovereign who united the nation once again. The fact that he too had suffered and was now determined to have a good time was perfectly in tune with the country, the castle's interior was lavishly redesigned in Charles II's distinctive baroque style, the most spectacular being the private chapel and the St. George's Hall, although possibly the most visible legacy of Carlos's work is the Long Walk that connected the house park with the Great Park and what remains of the old Royal Hunting Forest.

Three Mile Avenue is a spectacular tribute to the man who is themost responsible for the very existence of the Great Park, which had suffered considerably after the Civil War, when Cromwell broke up the park and sold it as farmland. It took Charles II about 10 years to buy everything back for the crown and practically reestablish the Old Forest, since in all the royal hunting forests, the red deer roamed freely and was only fenced in places where it was not wanted today. day. fenced in a Deer Park established in 1979. Much of the park that exists today was designed by the Duke of Cumberland's infamous son George II, who defeated Bonnie Prince Charlie at Culloden Moore and was nicknamed Cumberland Butcher Cumberland Lodge is named after him and the The obelisk and pond were created as part of the Lodge View originally had colony inscribed on it, but due to the connotations, Queen Victoria altered it to Cumberland and other of William Cumberland's landscaping schemes are Virginia water which supposedly bears the name of Isabel the first who was.

Europe's largest ornamental lake, stretching over a mile even today, is a stunning site surrounded by the Valley Gardens, perhaps the most famous monument in the Great Park, although it is the Copper Horse. This statue of George III was erected by his son to complete the view. The long walk is said to have been a race to make the statue and that in the sculptor's haste he forgot to include the stirrups. Nice story, but unfortunately completely false, but it took two people to do it. Jeffrey White built the base and Richard West McCot the statue. Foreign monument.

For George III he enjoyed Windsor and the park, nicknamed Farmer George, he established two farms, Flemish and Norfolk, which still exist. The king much preferred the rural environment of Windsor to the court life of London, where he felt uncomfortable and distrustful of those around him who advised him to visit the castle. was not suitable, the king and his family turned to Queen's Lodge on the south side of the castle when in 1796 George hired a new architect, James Wyatt, he moved into the castle proper, curiously choosing to live below the state apartments in the cold North side.

Under his son George IV, Windsor was to experience its period of greatest change on his 62nd birthday in 1824. George IV laid the foundation stone of a new arch to link the long walk with the upper district. It was the first stage of a massive remodeling of The Castle which he undertook with his architect Jeffrey Wyatt, better known as Whiteville Foreign, was well aware that Britain had become a very powerful nation after the Battle of Waterloo and was determined to that Windsor became the symbol of that power and prestige of Great Britain. and therefore I was determined that the outline of the castle should look more impressive but it should continue to be Gothic in style but the dramatic outline um was the increase in height of the ram tar was one of the most obvious things that had been surrounded it before from the 1820s and then became 30 feet taller and is the kind of dominant feature that is well known.

He moved the statue of King Charles II from the center of the quadrangle to beneath the round tower and thus Windsor Castle. We know it And as the public knows it as the world knows it, it is actually the creation of King George IV, particularly the ramtar and, indeed, all the other Gothic battlements and tars and additions. Georgia IV began a metamorphosis that transformed Windsor from a historical relic to a functioning Palace, a process that has continued to this day, especially since my parents chose to make Windsor their home; However, since the days of William the First, Windsor has been home to a thriving community, at no time has the Castle's relationship with the surrounding community been demonstrated more clearly than during the terrible disaster of 1992. in a desperate attempt to save the contents and treasures, help appeared from everywhere: the castle, the park, the city and the barracks.

Thank you, the very fact that Windsor is a home lost all the More personal and in some sense forged my parents' determination to restore the castle, it is also perhaps a symbol of how the perception of the castle has changed from the oppressive Fortress built by William I to one that its community wishes to save under Elizabeth II. There is probably no other place in Britain that is more closely associated with the crown and the nation than this castle which has stood on the historic and spectacular site of Windsor for over 900 years. Anyone driving along the south coast of England can't avoid it. to notice signs like these outside a number of cities - 30 to be precise - however, few Travelers are likely to know how important the sink ports were or the extraordinary agreement that existed between the crown and these ports that granted them tax exemptions and privileges. specials. an agreement that was to be the basis of England's sea power for almost 500 years and the beginning of a relationship with my family that continues to this day.

This underground passage is part of a huge network of tunnels beneath Dover Castle that protects the most important and most influential of all is Singapore's Dover, this tunnel is right in the middle of what is known as Hellfire Corner, So called because Dover has often been on the front line, once designated as a fallout shelter, these tunnels only came off the top secret list a few years ago, from here the evacuation of Dunkirk was organized in 1940, just like the famous Dover Patrol that tried to keep the English Channel open during the First and Second World Wars.

These tunnels are the latest element in a history of defenses that dates back more than 900 years. and the fight to control the Dover Strait Dover dominates the narrowest point of the English Channel, France and the European continent 22 miles away and on a clear day with a pair of binoculars you can even see the clock in the square from the city of Calais, inevitably this was the most attacked stretch of coast in England, the question of how to defend it has worried the inhabitants of these coasts from the beginning, even the Romans, despite building three Fortiers, 2000 years ago not were able to prevent the people from attacking, it was Edward the Confessor who The first idea of ​​the solution was a regular supply of local ships and skilled men loyal to the crown in 1050.

King Edward formed a confederation of five or in the sunken French ports Hastings Romney Hythe Sandwich and Dover in later years were added and at their peak in the 14th century there were at least 18 ports stretching from Seaford in the west to Breitling Sea in Essex. The syncoport's duty was to supply ships and crews to defend the country from sudden attack and to provide transport for the king and his army. Not only were Singapore, where England's maritime peer began in those days, the Kingdom's defences, Boats were simple in design and built on beaches, the crews were mostly fishermen who knew the Strait of Dover and the English Channel better than anyone.

Seaman was unmatched, they developed a unique combat style that involved throwing clouds of acidic quicklime into their enemies' faces and then ramming them to make the idea work. It was essential that the synchronization ports be loyal to the crown. Edward the Confessor proposed a deal that allowed them extraordinary privileges (effectively self-government for the strong ailings) in exchange for providing port synchronization that provided a nearly basic Navy and also writes a passage through the canal the quid pro quo from the point of view of the Vigilante was self-governance Levy's ability to run his own courts and punish criminals was taxed and, considering that they were in a coastal area, the important benefit of Salvage Salvage came to the Salvage coast at sea and from Rex and it was very unusual at the time, I think it was probably quite exceptional, probably the only case where it occurred and it was based entirely on mutual dependence on each other, the crown needed the ability to move and defend the coast and move through France and Portsmouth, in turn obtaining privileges and ensuring loyalty.

Through these privileges, the agreement remained in force for almost 500 years, during which time the Singapore Fleet managed to cover itself with glory and its battle honors are as distinguished as those of any contemporary regiment. They were the Navy of the time. Any major conflict at sea. important force in which there should be the first of the Crusades, the relief of Dover in 1216, the Battle of Sandwich, the Hundred Years' War, the campaign of Henry VIII and the defeat of the Spanish admada, so who is really benefited from this agreement? I think it is one of those agreements where both parties benefited, the crown had access to ships and men who were loyal because, in fact, the benefits from their point of view were good and Portsmouth quickly converted the Privileges of exemption of taxes from his own court into a fairly good life in terms of profits and in terms Commercial service to the crown was not limited to just the sea.

Many sink ports have their own connections. The city of Rise is perhaps the best example of a synchronized port. It has remained virtually unchanged since the late 14th century and owes much of its history to its status as a port synch acquired in 1156 and renamed Rye Royal in the 16th century and, generally among many Singapore, now virtually It is landlocked with a coastline almost two miles away. The port was once one of the best along the south coast. 30 ships could be more. near Strand Key with up to 200 people able to anchor in the former estuary commitment to the crown as a sink The port was supplying five ships a year as any synchronization The rise of the port Strategic importance made the port and town An obvious target for marauding pirates, the French once stole church bells and installed them at Sampier in Poor and Valatsu Merk on the Normandy coast.

The following year, Ryan's men enlisted the help of neighboring Winchelsea and raided the town and successfully recovered the bells. Fores was once owned by them. King Knut's wife Emma granted Rye and other local lands to the Abbot of Fecon in the early 11th century, only when Henry III in 1247 built elevated defences, notably the Ipra Tower, did the town come directly under the control of the English king The curious name of a local Village Rye forum is possibly a reminder that the Abbot of Fecal preserved a small area in the Rye hinterland. Of all the city's connections to the crown, the most spectacular must have been Queen Elizabeth, first visiting here in 1573.

Well, real progress really was showing herself to the people, the queen had to be seen by the people, she was something of an icon, she really was on her stretcher in her carriage looking like a painting literally and with a lot of makeup and she would have stayed at various Quarters along the route. I know she stopped at Northern on her way here. She must have arrived here more or less at night because I think she ate in nordium under the old oak tree outside the Northern pub and the pub itself prepared her food and she danced on the British green.

She was a great dancer. Queen Elizabeth the first. She wasn't an absolute Spring Chicken in 1573, not by 16th century standards, but she loved to dance. dances and that's where she left her shoes, of course, in nordium, her green silk slippers, it cost a fortune to entertain the queen and something like 4 or 500 servants, the city had to borrow money for her visit, since she used to clean everyone. When they found out that she stayed, they borrowed a hundred pounds, but the key was that for these courtiers the mere presence of the queen was their kind of meal ticket, if you will, they withheld, they were in her favor, they continued in her favor. and It was an ongoing game in the 16th century to be in favor of the sovereign so it really was the best thing for them, not long after she changed the name to Rye Rye Royal and we still use that title sometimes even today and where did it stay when came here, he probably stayed in this house we are in right now, this is Green Hall, opposite the church and the mermaid around the corner, Mermaid Inn, as well as naming the town Rye Royal, There was an incident that left a rather unusual story.

As a reminder of Queen Elizabeth's visit here, in this Lane Traders Passage, one of the ladies-in-waiting had the duty of looking after the Queen's valuables and jewellery. Among the treasures was a necklace of beautiful and extremely rare black pearls, but during the stay in Rye it somehow disappeared, of course, the whole town turned upside down trying to search for the pearls, but they were never found. The lady she was waiting for was wracked with guilt because she was convinced she had lost them since passersby swore they had seen them. The spirit of that poor woman searching in vain for the history of pearls becomes even stranger, as after an Airy during World War II, the long-lost pearls were supposedlyrediscovered just a few meters from here, but within hours they had completely disappeared once again.

Never has a ghost been seen since foreign history and a much more sinister one with the introduction of customs duties by Edward I, the city became a warren of secret passages and priests' dens, a hotbed of illicit activity. Rye fell under the control of an illegal smuggling industry. impersonating duties created an opportunity for people to avoid them and I think that's where fortune came into play and that's really where Paris in smuggling became the name of the game from their point of view, the crown a In exchange for their privileges he had effectively given them their own judicial system, their own system of government and through them they were able to avoid any sanctions.

There were several gangs, the worst gang of all was the Hawkhurst gang. Led by George Gray, he was able to have 500 men at his side just by the question and if a customs officer walked in, they would know exactly what to do and how to deal with him. I think one of the people they caught was actually nailed to the door of her own house for telling them about one of our ghostly sightings. we have a lady dressed in gray who has been seen on several occasions walking the halls and is supposed to have once been a bar waitress here who became romantically involved with smugglers, but in reality she was caught snitching on them and was killed and it is assumed that Whether its spirit walks the halls here today, it wasn't just products like brandy, tobacco and tea that were smuggled.

Secret passages and chambers like this priest's hidden in a chimney were perfect for smuggling Roman Catholics in and out of the country, including the old candy store. She had a special pulley system to hide the occasional barrel of brandy. Customs officers were regularly outnumbered and outmaneuvered. This is where the miserable customs officers had their headquarters. They had a very bad time because there are too few and too many. Very, very clever smugglers, there were several gangs, the Hawkhurst gang is the most famous, they would do a smuggling job to escape from the customs officers, these miserable people and then later at night they would be found around the corner. the corner, in the siren, drinking and laughing at the expense of these people, smuggling.

The goods moved quite quickly to a fence a little further north and of course the Rye attics, that was the way the smugglers could escape the Customs offices because they knew all the Interlink attics to this day They forgot the back stairs through the attics and then emerge nonchalantly from another house, you know, around the corner and disappear, although Edward I could not have foreseen the results of his decision to impose duties. Smuggling in the occasional part of piracy never detracted from the serious task of defending the coasts of England, but for all its successes, the Singapore Fleet. were not entirely infallible in 1377, the French, despite Henry III's elaborate defenses and the fact that they no longer had rights to the town, managed to burn Rye to the ground;

However, a little further down the coast, in 1066, the most serious breach of The sinking of the defenses of Port Flutes occurred. It is true that the fleet had been recalled to the north of England. The Viking Harold in his successful defeat of a Norwegian dryade, but left the south coast open for William, Duke of Normandy, to land unopposed in Pevency Bay. Harold was defeated. at the Battle of Hastings and all England was conquered, not quite, we were the first to come here to Dover soon after the battle and renew Edward the Confessor's deal with the sinking ports, securing their loyalty and privileges and securing their own beachhead and access to Normandy, therefore the sink dockers argue that William I was not their conqueror because he never actually defeated them.

Dover Castle has all the hallmarks of a Norman fortress with its square tower, but in reality William did little more than strengthen the existing Saxon hill. fort, the inner walls and the magnificent keep, the largest ever built at that time, were the work of Henry II. Well, Henry seems to have been a bit strange at the time, he generally traveled with a fairly small entourage, unlike most monarchs of the time, and in fact he seemed to quite enjoy staying at local inns and such, the stories They say that when he was hunting, for example, he often ended a day at Woodland Dismount, wrapped himself in his cloak and lay down where he was, which did not go down very well with the entourage he took with him, he had a bad temper and also He had problems with his wives.

He married Eleanor of Aquitaine, but he also took a mistress and the mistress was, I believe, the beautiful Rosamund. and uh, he used to meet her when she was hiding in a maze and he used to find his way there with a piece of silk. You can imagine this. I'm coming. I will return. Trying to fight, if this is it, his wife found out. and she wasn't, she wasn't very happy about this and you know she was quite possessive and she made the comment of uh, you know right, you know you're going to die, choose between poison or the knife and I think she chose the knife and she bled to death.

At that time the Empire of England extended surprisingly from the border with Scotland in the north to the Pyrenees in the south, but Dover was a frontier port facing the territory of the French king of Flanders at Dover Castle which Henry built. a very visible deterrent, it was known in the 13th century as the key to England, mainly because if you take this advice when you are invading England, then you could protect your reinforcements and then you would have captured England. This is the closest point. to France anywhere, you know, we can see them on a good day like today and they can see us, so they wanted to cross in 1216, towards the end of the reign of King John, the rebellion of the barons Rosen and they called the

prince

Louis of France claimed the crown of England as Louis arrived in England with a vast army and within weeks most of southeast England was under French control.

Dover, however, under the control of a man called Huberty Bird, Dover Castle held out and so did Windsor. Towards the end of 1216, Prince Louis besieged the castle here and the siege lasted six to eight months. The action occurred towards the end of that period, when the French laid a mine and what was then the main gate collapsed. An infantryman entered and the area we were now in was the scene of a very bloody hand-to-hand fighter. Thanks to Whitneyburg, he managed to force the French to withdraw, temporarily repair the damage, and the siege continued. King John then.

Very conveniently he died, the French went home and the castle survived to fight another day. Just behind us is an area where King John had a house built and actually rooted the Lionheart, who spent six weeks here now, considering he only spent six. months of his 10-year reign here in England to spend six weeks here in Dover was something extraordinary, in fact, at the Marion Castro Church there are graffiti marks or crusader marks carved into the walls by members of his uh, the entourage of him. Dover is unique among syncoports. It is the only one that still has a major port in operation during the 16th and 17th centuries.

Many of the ports along the southern coast began to silt up and, as the crown needed larger ships to carry cannons, the emphasis shifted to larger ports such as Portsmouth last time. The fleet's sinking ports took part in a major campaign against the Spanish Armada in 1588, but the opposition's ramming days were over, that was the way forward, so while the ports' role in the fleet declined With the consequent loss of privileges, the need for defence, many of the fortifications along this part of the coast date back to the threat of invasion during the Napoleonic era. Dover due to its strategic location and proximity to London was key to Britain so its defense was vital, even the defenses now are to a large extent. redundant what was once the guardian of england is now known as a garden of england and all the remains are the links between the crown and the ports sig are one or two quite splendid traditions each year her majesty queen elizabeth the queen mother , comes to stay at Walmer Castle, just eight miles from Dover, his role is to carry out the duties of Lord Warden, a position he has held since 1978.

The full title is Lord Warden and Admiral of the Port of Synchronization and Constable of the Dover Castle, a role that has been in existence for more than 800 years, the Queen Mother follows a long line of guardians including Winston Churchill, the Duke of Wellington, Viscount Palmerston and George V when he was Prince of Wales, but Queen Elizabeth is the first lady to hold the position. Please Warmer Castle was built in 1539 by Henry VIII as part of a chain of defenses intended to prevent a possible invasion by Charles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor, fortunately for Henry the threats never materialized and the Heat was never tested now the castle.

It has a more peaceful role as the official residence of the Lord Warden. The original duties were to keep sailors from sunken ports in line because they had the privilege of establishing their own courts, it often meant that some illegal acts such as piracy were conveniently overlooked. . The Lord Warden, providing a direct link between the Monarch and Portsmouth, often found himself in a very difficult situation; The other privilege and tradition that has continued is the right of Portsmouth to carry the canopy over the Monarch's head during the coronation service, a position which demonstrates in The Ceremonial Terms that the ports of synchronization are at the very heart of the kingdom and They require enormous trust from the monarch may seem old-fashioned, but by respecting these few traditions, my family recognized Singapore's long and glorious history by coming here every year.

My grandmother in particular continues the unique relationship between my ancestors and this foreign part of the country.