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Tower of London, the royal prison

The Constant Princess

The Tower of London, the royal prison, serves as more than a setting for confinement: it is a place where the novel’s competing meanings of royal blood become visible. It can shelter princes as royal lodging, hold them as prisoners, and stand as a reminder that claims to the throne may end in disappearance or death. Catalina of Aragon’s understanding of the place is therefore inseparable from the fate of Edward Plantagenet, Duke of Warwick, and from her own precarious position in England. Later, a journey from the Tower toward coronation and a plan to use its armory recast it as both a ceremonial threshold and a resource for the realm.

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