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Tower of London
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Hampton Court Palace
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Kensington Palace
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- Audio Guide Tour
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- Diana: Her Fashion Story
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Kew Palace
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Hillsborough Castle
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- Ante Room
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Schools
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Learning resources
- Argue About: The Normans Teacher Infobank
- Coronation Symbols: How Are Objects Used as Symbols In The Coronation Ceremony? - Primary
- Coronation Symbols: How Are Objects Used as Symbols In The Coronation Ceremony? - Secondary
- Coronation Values & Symbols: The Coronation as a Moment of Change - Primary
- Coronation Values & Symbols: The Coronation As a Moment of Change - Secondary
- Coronation Values & Symbols: The Coronation as a Moment of Change - SEND
- Elizabeth and the Great Debasement: Card Sort Activity
- Elizabeth I and the Mint: Presentation
- Elizabeth I: Presentations of Power
- Elizabeth I's Tower of London Significant People Biographies KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Elizabeth I's Tower of London Timeline KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Georgian to Victorian Family Tree KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Functions of the Tower of London: Classroom Activity
- GCSE Normans: Activity trail
- GCSE Normans: White Tower source capsule
- Georgian Court Coat in Depth: Video
- Georgian Rooms: SEND Visual Story Resources
- Hampton Court Palace Timeline KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Hampton Court Palace Significant People Biographies and Key Facts KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Henry VIII's Six Wives: Biographies and key facts KS2, KS3, KS4, KS5
- Hillsborough Castle and Gardens: SEND visual story resources
- Historic Royal Fashion: Dressing for Court Fact Sheet
- Historic Royal Fashion: Georgian Timeline
- Historic Royal Fashion: Mantua Fact Sheet
- Historic Royal Fashion: Short Project Pack for Design Students
- Historic Royal Fashion: Term-long Project Pack for Design Students
- Stuarts Kings and Queens Biographies and Key Facts KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Stuarts and Glorious Revolution Timeline KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Interview with Dr Sally Tuckett on Historic Royal Fashion: Video
- Kensington Palace Timeline KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Kensington Palace Significant People Biographies KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Kensington Palace: SEND Visual Story Resources
- King Henry VIII and His Six Wives: Fact Sheet
- Stuart Family Tree KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Nature as Code: Creating Identity Using Nature Symbolism KS2
- Nature as Code: Creating Identity Using Nature Symbolism KS3
- Nature as Code: Creating Identity Using Nature Symbolism SEND
- Norman Castles: Map
- Norman Tower of London Significant People Biographies
- Norman Tower of London Timeline KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Planning your Hampton Court Palace school visit: Video
- Planning your Tower of London school visit: Video
- Plants Pollinators People: Gardens and Health KS2
- Plants Pollinators People: Gardens and Health KS3
- Plants Pollinators People: Gardens and Health SEND
- Richard III and the Two Princes Significant People Biographies KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Richard III and the Two Princes Timeline KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Sir Walter Raleigh's Medicinal Garden at the Tower
- Soldier to Healer: Sir Walter Raleigh's Medicinal Garden at the Tower English KS2
- Soldier to Healer: Sir Walter Raleigh's Medicinal Garden at the Tower English KS3
- Soldier to Healer: Sir Walter Raleigh's Medicinal Garden at the Tower English SEND
- Soldier to Healer: Sir Walter Raleigh's Medicinal Garden at the Tower History KS2
- Soldier to Healer: Sir Walter Raleigh's Medicinal Garden at the Tower History KS3
- Soldier to Healer: Sir Walter Raleigh's Medicinal Garden at the Tower History SEND
- Story Shuffle: Tower of London Game
- The Normans and the White Tower: Video playlist
- The Princes in the Tower: Video
- The Story of Anne Boleyn: Video
- The Story of the Tower
- The Story of Walter Raleigh: Video
- Tudor Family Tree KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Tower of London: Artefacts
- Tower of London Timeline KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Tower of London: Did You Know? Presentation
- Tower of London Historic Environment Source Capsule
- Tower of London Significant People Biographies and Key Facts KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Tower of London: SEND Visual Story Resources
- Tower of London Symbols: Presentation
- Tracey Tooley investigates… Henry VIII: Video playlist
- Tudor Kitchens: SEND Visual Story Resources
- Tudor Prisoners at the Tower: Graph
- Tudor Kings and Queens Biographies and key facts KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Tudor Religious Rollercoaster Timeline KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Tudor Table Manners: Primary Source
- Undercover Time Explorer: Tudor Kitchens Game
- Understanding the Tower: Teacher Presentation
- What is a Coronation? Primary Assembly
- What is a Coronation? Secondary Assembly
- What is a Coronation? SEND Assembly
- Wars of the Roses Significant People Biographies and key facts KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- York and Lancaster Family Tree KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Hillsborough Castle and Gardens Significant People Biographies KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Georgian to Victorian Kings and Queens Biographies and key facts KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Hill Family Tree KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Gunpowder Plot and Guy Fawkes KS2 KS3 KS4
- India, Empire and the Suffragette Princess: Sophia Duleep Singh | KS3 KS4
- Wars of the Roses Timeline KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Tower of London Prisoners Biographies and Key Facts KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Hillsborough Castle Timeline KS2 KS3 KS4 KS5
- Moving to Tudor England: Video
- Trial and Execution of King Charles I: Video
- Queen Elizabeth I | Tudor Significant Individuals | KS1
- John Blanke | Tudor Significant Individuals | KS1
- Will Somer | Tudor Significant Individuals | KS1
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- Sophia Duleep Singh | Victorian Significant Individuals | KS1
- Victorian Period Knowledge Booster | Teachers
- Tudor Period Knowledge Booster | Teachers
- Comparing Queens | Elizabeth I and Victoria | KS1
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Press Releases 2025
- STILL THE HOURS AT HAMPTON COURT PALACE
- 2025 at Historic Royal Palaces
- Spring in Bloom: 100,000 Tulips return to Hampton Court Palace for annual festival
- Historic Royal Palaces Announces Eleri Lynn as Chief Curator
- Poppies at the Tower 2025
- Celebrate a spectacular Spring at Hillsborough Castle & Gardens with more flowers than ever, family friendly and expert workshops and a visit from the Lindt GOLD BUNNY
- New royal fashion exhibition opens at Kensington Palace
- Unveiling Royal Style: Historic Royal Palaces and Google Arts & Culture Bring Centuries of Royal Fashion to the Digital World
- Royal Marine who crossed the Antarctic to take on new challenge as a ‘Beefeater’ at the Tower of London
- Historic Royal Palaces acquires portrait of Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, by Allan Ramsay for display at Hillsborough Castle and Gardens
- The Big Bahooey: Three days of circus and street performance comes to Hampton Court Palace!
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Press Releases 2024
- Hampton Court Palace hatches plans for Spring family fun
- New Ravenmaster appointed at the Tower of London
- Queen Charlotte wig from hit Shondaland and Netflix series to be displayed in her real home at Kew Palace
- Hillsborough Castle and Gardens launches new £1 entry scheme
- Hillsborough Castle announces free education programme and travel bursaries for schools across NI
- Hillsborough Castle announces major re-hang of Irish art in the State Drawing Room in addition to acquiring over 50 historically significant miniature portraits
- Hillsborough Castle & Gardens announces summer programme of adventure as THE WORLD OF PETER RABBIT™ arrives with a hop, skip and a jump!
- Uncover the hidden histories of female trailblazers at the Tower of London
- King Henry VIII rides again at the Hampton Court Palace Joust this summer
- Tudor world brought to life in new display at Hampton Court Palace
- Hillsborough Castle launches American History Tour celebrating the enduring connections between the USA, UK, and Ireland
- Local produce and gorgeous gardens celebrated at Hillsborough Castle’s Summer Fair this bank holiday weekend
- Historic Royal Palaces assembles expert team to conserve the unrivalled Baroque decoration in Hampton Court Palace’s Chapel Royal for the first time in over 20 years
- Tower of London to host commemorative light show in November
- Haunted Happenings this Halloween at Hampton Court Palace and Tower of London
- Historic Royal Palaces appoints award-winning garden designer Ann-Marie Powell to create a sustainable new planting scheme for the Great Fountain Garden at Hampton Court Palace
- Hillsborough Castle promises spellbinding days in great outdoors as Autumn family activities are launched
- Historic Royal Palaces announces REVEAL, a groundbreaking heritage science data management initiative funded by UKRI AHRC
- Kensington Palace brings to life the magic of Princess Victoria’s Childhood Christmas this winter
- Codes of royal fashion explored in new exhibition at Kensington Palace
- From Hillsborough Castle to the Tower of London; the Tower’s latest Beefeater swaps one castle for another
- Step into the 12 Days of Christmas at Hillsborough Castle and Gardens
- Hillsborough Castle launches a fashion exhibition celebrating royal couture: Royal Style In The Making
- Historic Royal Palaces Statement: On the impact of tall buildings on the Tower of London World Heritage Site
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Press releases 2023
- A seat fit for a King
- Boleyn family ring on display at Hampton Court Palace
- Celebrate five centuries of horticultural history at Hampton Court Palace’s Tulip Festival
- Coronation benches inspired by schoolchildren’s hopes for the future take centre stage at the Tower of London
- Family activities at Hampton Court Palace
- Queer Lives
- Simon Towe is 417th Yeoman Warder at Tower of London
- The best seat in the house! Winning schools to have their Coronation bench designs brought to life at the Tower of London
- Three new ‘Beefeaters’ to bear the cypher of King Charles III as they join the ranks at the Tower of London
- Yeoman Warder uniforms to change ahead of Coronation of King Charles III
- Tower of London to unveil new display in its Jewel House, sharing the history of the world-famous Crown Jewels in the Coronation year
- Discover 500 years of family fun at Hampton Court Palace this summer
- Honey Fair returns to Hillsborough Castle and Gardens for an un-bee-lievable weekend in August
- Tower of London welcomes new raven chick ‘Rex’ in historic Coronation year
- New Chief Yeoman Warder and Yeoman Gaoler appointed at HM Tower of London
- Kids go free at Hillsborough Castle and Gardens this August
- Film and TV Locations Tour at Hampton Court Palace
- Sir Nicholas Coleridge appointed Chair of Historic Royal Palaces
- Halloween events announced for Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace
- Rare pin badge linked to activist Sophia Duleep Singh forms part of a new display on the Indian Army at Hampton Court Palace
- New light show at Tower of London will bring the spectacle of the Crown Jewels and Coronations to life before embarking on UK wide tour
- Halloween at Hillsborough Castle and Gardens
- Two new 'Beefeaters' land roles at the Tower of London
- Christmas gifts from Historic Royal Palaces
- New Kensington Palace exhibition uncovers the forgotten stories of those who worked at the royal palaces over three hundred years ago
- 2024 at Historic Royal Palaces
- Christmas at Hillsborough Castle and Gardens
- Christmas at the Tower of London
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