Tag: King Charles I
King Charles I’s beard hair could sell for more than £10,000
Two locks of hair from King Charles I’s beard are up for auction in the U.K this week, 370 years after he was beheaded for treason. The grisly royal mementoes […]
2019-11-13
Charles I’s secret message discovered in 400-year-old poetry book
A 400-year-old poetry book containing a secret message written by King Charles I as he awaited execution has sold for $140,000 at Sotheby’s in London. The Latin motto “Dum spiro […]