On the 30th January 1649, King Charles I was executed outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. His trial was a momentous event in British history. He was found guilty of treason - a ‘tyrant, traitor, murderer and Public Enemy’. What led to this unprecedented killing of a king? Storyteller: Toby Lord https://www.hrp.org.uk/banqueting-house/history-and-stories/the-execution-of-charles-i/ https://www.instagram.com/historicroyalpalaces/ https://en-gb.facebook.com/HRPalaces/ Charles I played by Jonathan Clarkson Image credits Anne of Denmark (1574-1619) Dated 1614, Attributed to Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 The Five Eldest Children of Charles I Signed and dated 1637 by Anthony van Dyke, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 James VI & I (1566-1625) c.1620, After Paul van Somer, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 James I and VI (1566-1625) c. 1620 by Paul van Somer, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 Charles I (1600-1649) when Prince of Wales Signed and dated 1623 by Daniel Mytens, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 Charles I and Henrietta Maria c. 1630-32 by Daniel Mytens, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-69) by Anthony van Dyke, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 Charles I (1600-1649) 1635-before June 1636 by Anthony van Dyke, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 Charles I (1600-1649) with M. de St Antoine Dated 1633, Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019 The opening scene of the First English Civil War, © Hilary Morgan / Alamy Stock Photo Oliver Cromwell c1649 by Robert Walker, © National Portrait Gallery, London Charles I (1600–1649), King of England,1629, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. Cromwell turns out the Rump Parliament because of its corruption, 1653, © Lakeview Images / Alamy Stock Photo Oliver Cromwell dissolving parliament in 1653, © Classic Image / Alamy Stock Photo King Charles I , © National Portrait Gallery, London Henry, Prince of Wales, © National Portrait Gallery, London Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart By Anthony van Dyke, © The National Gallery, London 2019 The Puritan by John Pettie, © Museums Sheffield Portrait group of the Reformers, European School (Unknown Artist), Courtesy of Perth Museum & Art Gallery, Perth & Kinross Council’ King Charles I (1600-1649), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 until his execution in 1649. Charles I opening Parliament, the Commons presenting resenting their speaker to the king, 1625, © Mary Evans / Everett Collection