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Charles J. Commemoration - Charles 1

The last sunday in January marks the anniversary of King Charles execution, as cavaliers march through Central London in 17th-century attire.

The King was sentenced to death on January 27 because of major differences with the Parliament. Three days later, Charles was beheaded on a scaffold outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall, London. The King was buried at Windsor, rather than Westminster Abbey, to avoid public disorder.

To many, Charles was seen as a martyr for his people and, to this day, wreaths of remembrance are laid by his supporters on the anniversary of his death at his statue, which faces down Whitehall to the site of his execution.