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Members-Only Tour: Beds, Glorious Beds

The Queen's State Apartments and private rooms

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When

08, 12, 21, 25 November 2026

10:30 - 11:00

Where

Meeting point: East Gate (entrance to the palace from The East Front, Great Fountain Garden)

Ticketing information

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Price: £12

This tour is for named Historic Royal Palaces members only. All attendees must hold a valid membership at the time of the event.

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  • An event exclusively for Historic Royal Palaces members.

  • Discover exquisite royal beds and uncover the fascinating secrets and rituals of royal life on an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of rooms unseen by visitors for over a decade.

Step into the hidden world of Hampton Court Palace and discover rooms that haven’t been seen by visitors for over ten years.

Tucked away behind the Queen’s State Apartments, the Georgian Story holds remarkable treasures, including the beds of King George II, Queen Anne and Queen Charlotte.

Led by an expert Palace Host, uncover the extraordinary rituals of royal life. Discover why it could take hours to prepare a monarch for bed, why some royal beds were never slept in, and why up to twenty people could be needed to dress the king or queen for the day.

See some of the finest surviving royal beds and explore a hidden part of the palace that very few visitors ever experience.

Important information

  • This tour has step-free access. Please be aware lighting is limited in some of the spaces.

The Queen's Private Bedchamber, looking east. Showing an 18th century state bed, originally made for King George II's Secretary of State, the Second Viscount Townshend. The bed is covered in pale gold damask.
Queen Anne State Bed detail. Showing the Spitalfields crimson, white and gold cut velvet upholstery.
The Prince of Wales Drawing Room. Showing Queen Anne's State Bed. The bed was commissioned for Queen Anne in 1714, the last year of her life. The Queen died of a stroke at Kensington Palace before the bed was completed. Entirely upholstered in Spitalfields crimson, white and gold cut velvet, with a repeat of vases and flowers. A marble bust next to the bed is of Queen Anne. Made in c1850 by William Theed, it is a copy of an original by J M Rysbrack.

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