Fun and games

Have fun and discover fun facts with our games, videos and activities.

Illustration of Oliver Cromwell in bed by Tim Archbold

Meet Kensington Palace's former residents

A musical clock at Kensington Palace needs fixing. Travel through time and meet some of Kensington Palace's former residents as you search for the clock's hidden pieces. Click here to play the game >

Joust for Henry VIII game

The screen of the game's main menu In honour of his new Queen, Kateryn Parr, Henry is holding a jousting tournament at Hampton Court Palace. Have you got what it takes to be the King’s champion? Click here to play the game >

Fight Henry VIII game

A screenshot of the main menu in the foot combat game Henry VIII is hosting a foot combat tournament at the Tower of London. Have you got what it takes to wear armour and handle a weapon like a Tudor master, and get to challenge the King in the final round? Click here to play the game >

Young Henry VIII morph

A portrait of Henry VIII Play our fun and easy-to-use morph and see handsome Prince Henry change into fat Henry the Tyrant!
Click here to see the morph >

Cadwallader

Have fun making your own shields
Download Cadwallader >

Cadwallader is a .exe game and is downloadable in a zip. You will need to extract the .exe from the zip folder to play! You can save the .exe file to your computer and play it again whenever you like!

Knights and Chief screensaver

Our knight and Chief Yeoman Warder give you fun facts about the palaces
Download screensaver >

The knights and Chief screensaver is downloadable in a zip folder. You will need to save the historic_royal_palaces.zip file to your computer. Don't forget what folder you've saved it in!

Find the saved copy of the file and open it by double clicking on it. The file will then install itself to your hard disk. Your new screensaver is ready.