⚰️👑 The Hidden Afterlife of England’s Kings and Queens 📜😴 | History for Sleep

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⚰️👑 The Hidden Afterlife of England’s Kings and Queens 📜😴 | History for Sleep Unwind to a calm, sleep-friendly journey through what happened after the crown was set down. In soft, even narration, we follow quiet rituals of royal death—watches at the bedside, washing and anointing, sealing of rings and documents—then the slow procession to burial. We notice the textures of funerary craft: lead coffins and wooden shells, wax effigies carried in place of fragile bodies, cloth-of-gold palls, candles and bell notes, and the stillness of chantry chapels where names were read for the soul. We pause among stone tombs and alabaster effigies, royal vaults at Westminster and Windsor, hearts and bowels buried apart, and the careful accounts of keepers who tended lamps and dusted marble. The story moves gently through centuries of change—dissolutions that disturbed shrines, civil war damage, restorations and reburials, and modern rediscoveries—while keeping the pace quiet and respectful. This episode is not about scandal; it is about memory, ritual, and the long, hidden afterlife of monarchy. If this peaceful history helps you relax, please Like, Subscribe, and tap the Bell. 💬 Comment: Which detail of royal remembrance intrigues you most—the wax effigies, the chantry lamps, or the secret vaults? This video is created for educational purposes in a quiet, sleep-friendly format. #HistoryForSleep #RoyalHistory #BritishMonarchy #WestminsterAbbey #StGeorgesChapel #MedievalHistory #EarlyModernHistory #FuneralRites #RoyalBurials #AlabasterEffigies #ChantryChapels #CalmDocumentary #BedtimeHistory #SleepFriendly #SlowStorytelling