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Whose body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey, more than two years after his death, to be 'executed' for treason?​

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On the 12th death anniversary of King Charles I's death, Cromwell's body was exhumed from Westminster Abbey, and his disinterred body was hanged in chains at Tyburn. In the afternoon, the body was taken down and beheaded.
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