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Surprising stories

Historical anecdotes that will shock and amaze you

The most unexpected stories are always the best ones. Meet some of our finest story-tellers, whose tales of the palaces and the people who lived in them are witty, gritty and sometimes downright disgusting.

Court at St James's by Rowlandson and Pugh, 1809
  1. Just what did the Tsar get up to during his visit?
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  2. On the Hampton Court Palace rooftops!
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  3. One frightening night in September 1940.
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  4. Find out where this curious object came from.
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  5. How did this amazing object end up at Kew Palace?
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  6. Who was sent to the Tower of London in 1780?
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  7. Who mugged George II in Kensington Gardens?
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  8. Who made the Hampton Court ladies swoon?
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  9. Who married in Hampton Court's Chapel Royal in 1950?
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