The REATTACHING Of King Charles I's Executed Head To His Body

On the 30th January 1649, on a cold morning the King of England made his way out of a window of the banqueting house on Whitehall in London. He shuffled across to the executioner who had been summoned to take the life of the King, who had caused much devastation. Charles I was a very divisive King, and he had many flaws and made a number of terrible decisions. He would anger parliament to the point that war would break out between the royalists, those forces loyal to Charles I and those who were loyal to Parliament with figures such as Oliver Cromwell leading the charge against the King. But ultimately following the King’s loss, the trial held sentenced him to death and in front of the crowd the axe fell on the reign of Charles I. His execution is remembered today as one of the most shocking and shameful events in English history, with a man who many believed was sent by god to rule being killed by the commoner’s axe. When the axe fell, the crowd let out an audible sigh, and it marked the end of the monarchy for a short time in England. However following the King’s death, Parliament refused to allow him to be buried inside of Westminster Abbey along with other Kings and Queens. However what was shocking is that the day following his execution, the King’s head was allegedly sewn back onto his body which was then embalmed. But what is the story of the process of reattaching the King’s head back onto his body?