Secret 17th-century doorway found in UK Parliament during restoration
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A 70-year-old passageway in the British parliament constructed for the 1661 coronation of King Charles II has been rediscovered during renovation work. It is claimed that Samuel Pepys and Britain’s first effective prime minister, Robert Walpole, would have likely used it. The passage was reopened during the rebuilding of parliament after the fire but closed again in 1851. The passage led out of Westminster Hall secretly.