Lock and key to Edward IV mourning brooch

During renovations of St George’s Chapel, Windsor, in 1789, the tomb of the War of the Roses monarch Edward IV (1442-83) was rediscovered and his coffin accidentally opened while being moved.

Some of his hair was found to be perfectly preserved and was used to make a series of mourning jew…

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