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?
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