Boudicca Not a British monarch, but the Queen of
the Iceni tribe, living in East Anglia, who took on the Roman invaders in year
50. Queen Victoria's husband liked the story so much that he had this statue
made in 1905, complete with the fanciful sythes on the chariot wheels |
Richard I Reigned for 10 years from 1189. England
was just a small part of his Kingdom and he preferred to be either in France or
mounting crusades to the Holy Lands to fight the Muslims. His Christian and
warrior values appealed to the Victorians who, 800 years later, had the statue
made in his honour |
Charles I Looking down Whitehall towards the place
of his execution, Charles' 35 years reign was spent fighting Parliament for
power, and which would eventually lead to two civil wars, and his final capture
and beheading |
Oliver Cromwell A monarch in all but name. After
the execution of Charles I in 1653, the Parliamentarian Oliver Cromwell becomes
'Lord Protector' of England, Scotland and Wales. The republic is short-lived and
7 years later Charles II becomes king |