Fortean Traveller

132. Dead Kings Road Trip, part two Deceased kings and queens ought to rest in peace, but some English monarchs have had remarkable post mortem adventures. In the second of a three-part series, LISA GLEDHILL visits their tombs and digs up some surprising stories. If you want to pay your respects to as many of our former rulers as possible but don’t have much time, then Westminster Abbey is the place to go. Sixteen English monarchs1 are interred there alongside many consorts, children and a Queen of Scotland. The church was founded by Edward the Confessor and he was buried there just eight days after it was consecrated. Edward’s tomb became a pilgrimage site and later, after some healing miracles and a bit of political wrangling between the English monarchy and…

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