Historians are hoping to use modern DNA testing to finally crack the mystery of what Charles I was wearing when he was beheaded at Banqueting House in the 17th century.

Charles I was the second son of James I and was born on 19th November 1600. He was crowned in Westminster Abbey in February 1626. ... On 30th January he was beheaded in Whitehall outside the ...

The silk vest worn by King Charles I when he was beheaded, in 1649, is going to be put on public view for the first time in a decade. ... at the Banqueting House on Whitehall.

Historian Lisa Hilton lies down on the floor of Banqueting House, once part of London’s Whitehall Palace, to relish the scenes of bare-breasted debauchery painted on the ceiling, in Charles I ...

The execution of King Charles I is one of the most significant moments in our history, when our former ruler was found guilty of treason and beheaded outside of Banqueting House in ... will make up ...

At 2pm on Tuesday 30th January 1649, King Charles I stepped out of London’s Banqueting House, and onto the scaffold. ‘I shall go from a corruptible to an incorruptible crown,’ he said, as he ...

Banqueting House on Whitehall is famous for three things: (1) It's the last surviving chunk of Whitehall Palace*; (2) It's where Charles I had his head lopped off; (3) it's got a bloody impressive ...

The Banqueting House is the last surviving building of Whitehall Palace, the main residence of English monarchs from 1530 until 1698 which occupied most of where Whitehall is today. It is best ...

On January 30, 1649, a crowd gathered in the cold outside the Banqueting Hall in Whitehall, London, to witness an unprecedented event: the execution of their King. At 2pm that cold and grey ...

ON JANUARY 30, 1649 King Charles I was executed for treason outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. ... These are the top ten things you may not know about King Charles the First. 1.