30 January marks a grim date in the annals of London history. On this day in 1649, King Charles I was led from St James's Palace to Banqueting House on Whitehall, in front of which he was beheaded ...

Just after 2pm on Tuesday, January 30, 1649, King Charles I was beheaded on a temporary scaffold built in front of the Banqueting House in Whitehall, London. Stood next to the king’s lifeless body was ...