From Throne to Execution: Charles I #CharlesI #EnglishCivilWar #HistoryDocumentary #Parliament

26K views · 1.2K reactions | On the morning of 30 January 1649, King Charles I made his way from St James’s Palace to The Banqueting House, where a scaffold was erected for his execution. He had been charged with high treason at the end of the Civil War and his Death Warrant had been signed by 59 commissioners. For the next 11 years, England would have no monarch. Read on: bit.ly/CharlesIBH | Historic Royal Palaces | Facebook

#OnThisDay, 30 January in 1649, King Charles I was executed for treason – marking the first state execution of a monarch in England’s history. Now as we know (a little too well at the moment...) January tends to be bitterly cold, and it is for this reason that we believe a special silk vest was commissioned to help prevent the King from shivering and appearing afraid in his last moments as he famously declared "I fear not death." Curator Meriel Jeater shares the story of the journey that led to