Princes Andrew and Charles will be joining the cast of the London Dungeon this weekend to take guests to the tourist attraction’s so-called “Traitors’ Gate”.
In the wake of Andrew settling the sexual assault case filed against him by Virginia Giuffre, and cash-for-honours allegations linked to Charles’s charity, actors playing the duke and future king will escort visitors onboard the Dungeon’s Tyrant Boat Ride.
They will first be taken to “face King Henry VIII’s royal wrath” at the Tower of London – marking the first time the Dungeon has sentenced modern figures to the tower.
According to a release by the South Bank attraction, guests on the ride would usually join Anne Boleyn on her final journey along the Thames to Traitors’ Gate after being sentenced by Henry VIII.
On the journey, they “meet their fate while facing intense darkness, choppy waters, scurries of rats and the foul stench of sewage – but for this weekend only London’s darkest history has been given a modern twist”.
A spokesperson for the London Dungeon said: “If we can learn anything from history, it’s that very naughty princes should be sent straight to the tower. In the absence of Her Majesty, the London Dungeon has taken it upon itself to task Henry VIII, a monarch famous for his liberal use of the tower, to teach these two a valuable lesson.”
It is not the first time the London Dungeon has drawn inspiration from rolling news coverage. Last month, as Sue Gray’s report was handed to the government, it mocked up images of Boris Johnson awaiting his fate in the dock of its courtroom.
“The London Dungeon’s judge channels her inner Sue Gray and puts the prime minister in the dock at the famous South Bank attraction – will Partygate banish him to join the rollcall of the Dungeon’s most nefarious characters?” it asked at the time.
