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The story of Hampton Court Palace

Home of Henry VIII and the Tudor dynasty

Henry VIII

Renaissance Prince or terrible Tudor? Who was the real Henry VIII?

Elizabeth I

Was Elizabeth’s 44-year reign really a ‘golden era’ of English history?

The Field of Cloth of Gold

Henry VIII's historic meeting with his great rival François I in 1520 was a defining point in his reign

The Chocolate Kitchens

Where royal chocolate makers prepared this expensive delicacy

Henry VIII's children

All three ruled England

Anne of Cleves

‘I like her not.’ The wife rejected by Henry VIII

Life at the Tudor court

In the Tudor period, a monarch’s home was centre of the nation

Tudor food and eating

Royal food and table manners at the Tudor court