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What happened to Elizabeth's younger brothers, the "Princes in the Tower"?

  • Mysteriously disappeared

  • Executed

  • Died of illness

  • Escaped to France

Answer

Elizabeth's younger brothers, known as the "Princes in the Tower," mysteriously disappeared after the death of their father, King Edward IV. Their fate remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in English history.
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