The Tower of London Keeps Six Ravens — and Britain’s Future Depends on It

There is a prophecy tied to the Tower of London that has never been tested — and the British government would rather keep it that way. It says that if the ravens ever leave the Tower, the Crown will fall and Britain with it. So the Crown keeps the ravens. Six of them, at minimum, at all times, by royal decree.

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Every time you stand at the base of the White Tower and look up, somewhere in that ancient fortress the ravens are watching back. They have been there for three centuries. Whatever Britain faces next, the plan — as it has always been — is to keep them there.

The Tower of London Keeps Six Ravens — and Britain’s Future Depends on It

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