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The Tower of London is celebrating the end of its longest closure since World War Two by asking the public to name a raven chick.
Born in March, the young corvid will be named either Florence, Matilda, Branwen, Bronte or Winifred.
The unnamed chick and her brother Edgar - named after writer Edgar Allan Poe - will take the Tower s number of resident ravens to nine.
Ravenmaster Chris Skaife said he was delighted to have two new chicks.
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The Tower of London is celebrating the end of its longest closure since the Second World War by asking the public to name its latest arrival: a raven chick.
Born in March, the young corvid will be named either Florence, Matilda, Branwen, Bronte or Winifred, decided by a public vote running between May 4 and May 18.
The legend of the ravens says that if the birds leave the Tower, the kingdom will fall, with King Charles II thought to be the first monarch to demand the protection of the birds.
There are celebrations at the Tower of London today after the arrival of two new raven chicks.
According to British folklore, the presence of these birds is vital to the survival of the realm and should the six resident ravens abandon their post, the kingdom, Crown and the Tower will fall.
The Ravenmaster today revealed that the tower s breeding pair of ravens Huginn and Muninn have produced four chicks, two of which will remain in the tower.
The tower s breeding pair of ravens Huginn and Muninn have produced four chicks
The arrivals will take the total number of resident ravens to nine - three more than the required minimum of six