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Henry VIII's children

All three ruled England

Catherine Howard

Henry VIII's fifth wife: young queen beheaded for adultery

Henry VIII

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

The Tower of London prison

It is known as an infamous prison, but it wasn't built to be one

What's on at the palaces

Depiction of the execution of King Charles I in 1649.
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Lunchtime Lecture with Tom Drysdale

Join Archivist Tom Drysdale talking about the Historic Royal Palaces architectural drawings collection.

10 June 2019

Hampton Court Palace

12:00

Separate ticket (advanced booking required)

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Georgian architect stands in Clock Court at Hampton Court Palace, looking up at the Tudor building
Families Tours and talks

Digital Missions

Shh! You're invited on a special mission… meet characters from history and explore the palace with the Time Explorers app.

Daily

Hampton Court Palace

Included in palace admission (members go free)

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Teachers listen to a costumed historic interpreter as part of a site familiarisation during a continuing professional development day at the Tower of London.

Continuing Professional Development and Training for teachers

Enhance your teaching practice with specialised CPD sessions for teachers that use the history and stories of the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Banqueting House in Whitehall and Kensington Palace.

Water City Music at the Tower

Water City Music at the Tower is a seven day festival of music and song performed by orchestras, bands and choirs of young people from local London schools.

Teacher Familiarisation Days

Guided tours offered free of charge to all teachers who are leading, or thinking of leading, a school visit to one of our palaces.

Children doing Digital Missions at the Tower of London

Online Games for Schools

Learning resources available to play online enable students to learn about history and master their historical enquiry skills.

Visitors make their way down to the far end of the King's Gallery past the magnificent, gold-framed portraiture. Kensington Palace's characteristic red wallpaper can also be seen the length of the gallery

MA in Heritage Management

The MA in Heritage Management is a new masters degree programme offering student's the opportunity to study, research and work in heritage management, guided by a world-leading heritage organisation, Historic Royal Palaces, and one of the UK's top university's, Queen Mary University of London.

History and Stories

A collection of history and stories associated with all the palaces.