KILLING THE KING
Dec 29, 2020
2 minutes
WORDS: EMMA SLATTERY WILLIAMS
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After years of bloodshed, leading parliamentarian army officers and some MPs came to the decision that the only way to restore peace across the nation was to remove Charles I – permanently. The decision was momentous: legally-sanctioned regicide in England had never been committed before, nor has it since.
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