2nd November - On This Day
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 2nd NOVEMBER On This Day, 2nd of November, 1470, Edward V was born at Westminster Abbey. Although the Abbey is the usual burial place for British Monarchs, Edward was the first to be born there. His mother, Elizabeth Woodville, who was married to his father, King Edward IV, had taken sanctuary at the Abbey during the War of the Roses after Edward's father, Edward, had been dethroned. And that's not a term for being knocked off the toilet. Edward IV's Lancastrian enemy, Henry VI, had been briefly restored to the throne. The one in the palace, not the one in the toilet. A year later, Edward's father, Edward, returned to England from exile and knocked Henry VI off his toilet and retook the throne. After flushing, of course. Henry VI left one heck of a steaming dump in there. Edward was created Prince of Wales in June 1471 and sent to Ludlow Castle, close to the border of Wales, to...