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Charles I's Coffin

St George's Chapel, Windsor

A royal surgeon opened the king's coffin and took a bone as a souvenir.

After his execution in 1649, Charles I was buried at Windsor in a vault, and its exact location was forgotten. In 1813 workmen rediscovered it.

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When
Opened 1813
Where
51.4838, -0.6074
Group
Mysterious graves

Visiting

St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.

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