Why is Big Ben called Big Ben? History behind the Elizabeth Tower in London
In 2012, Big Ben was officially renamed the Elizabeth Tower to honour Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. Queen Victoria also has a tower named after her at the southern end of the Palace. Despite the rebrand –and the purists, who protest that the name refers to the Great Bell– the nickname Big Ben stubbornly persists.
A man has been arrested after climbing the Big Ben tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London while barefoot and ...
LONDON: A man who had climbed up the Big Ben’s Elizabeth Tower with a Palestinian flag at London’s Palace of Westminster came down after 16 hours and was ev ...
A man spent more than 16 hours barefoot and holding a Palestine flag while perched on the clock tower of Big Ben on Saturday.
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