In the book dedicated to 900th anniversary of the Tower, the Duke of Edinburgh wrote about it:
«The Tower throughout its history was the castle, the palace, the Royal treasury, the armory, the mint, the prison, the observatory and the zoo».
The first Royal family lived in the well-protected White Tower, the thickness of its walls is 15 feet.
Today the Tower, which isn’t the palace or the prison now, keeps traditional features such as soldiers’ clothes and the ceremony at the Tower.
In 1834 the Royal zoo moved away, and only black ravens stayed in the Tower.
Most of the Royal jewellery was returned to Great Britain and is used for sacred moments of coronation.
The Tower Bridge was build in gothic style in 1894.
More than 1 million pounds were spent on its building, and it has been raised 1 million times for ships.
People could visit the bridge in 1982 for the first time. Visitors could cross it using the path between the two towers.
Interesting Facts about the Tower.
The thickness of the walls of the Tower is about 4.6 metres, so it is not surprising that nobody could assault it.