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Henry VIII’s Kitchens

Preparing up to a thousand meals a day

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

The story of Hampton Court Palace

Home of Henry VIII and the Tudor Dynasty

Katherine Parr

Henry VIII's last queen: wife, nurse and loving stepmother

Katherine of Aragon

Henry VIII's first wife. She was 23, he was 17

What's on at the palaces

Chapel Royal

Marvel at the magnificent vaulted ceiling and attend a service in The Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace. The church has been in use for nearly 500 years.

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Hampton Court Palace

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The Great Hall, looking east. The hall was constructed by King Henry VIII to replace a smaller and older hall on the same site. It had two functions. First to provide a great communal dining room where 600 members of the court could eat in two sittings, twice a day. And secondly, to provide a magnificent entrance to the state apartments that lay beyond.

Great Hall

A room with a noble tradition of royal and political entertainment, the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace is a vast and splendid historic structure.

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Hampton Court Palace

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