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Ghosts

Is the palace haunted?

Ghost stories and legends from Hampton Court Palace

Hampton Court Palace

Ghosts at Hampton Court Palace


Catherine Howard

Screaming lady in the Haunted Gallery

She is believed to frequent Hampton Court’s Haunted Gallery where she was dragged back screaming to her rooms while under house arrest, accused of committing adultery by her husband King Henry VIII.

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Sybil Penn

The Grey Lady of Hampton Court Palace

Sightings of Dame Sybil Penn, servant to four Tudor monarchs, began around 1829 when the church at nearby Hampton was rebuilt and her impressive tomb moved. 

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Skeletor

The famed CCTV ghost

‘Skeletor’ is the name that was given to a ghostly figure who appeared on a CCTV camera at Hampton Court Palace in October 2003.

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Ghosts at the palaces

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