The Tower served as a royal palace from its foundation until the rule of [[Oliver Cromwell]], and it housed the royal menagerie from the early thirteenth century until 1835. Today the Tower is home to seven ravens, for an old legend says that if the ravens leave then the Tower will fall and with it the kingdom.<ref>http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/stories/theravens.aspx</ref> | The Tower served as a royal palace from its foundation until the rule of [[Oliver Cromwell]], and it housed the royal menagerie from the early thirteenth century until 1835. Today the Tower is home to seven ravens, for an old legend says that if the ravens leave then the Tower will fall and with it the kingdom.<ref>http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/stories/theravens.aspx</ref> |