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The execution of Charles I

Killing of a 'treasonous' King

LGBT Royal Histories

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer histories in our palaces

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

Who was the real Guy Fawkes, the man behind the mask?

William III and Mary II

England's only joint sovereigns, who transformed Kensington Palace into a royal residence

The story of Banqueting House

Four hundred years of history and the site of a royal execution

The Rubens ceiling

The crowning glory of the Banqueting House

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William III's apartments

Enjoy the beautiful State Apartments and private rooms of William III and Mary II at Hampton Court Palace as part of your visit.

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Fountain Court

Designed by Christopher Wren, explore the elegant baroque architecture of Fountain Court.

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The Wilderness

Wander through this treasure of the Hampton Court Gardens, which was once Charles II's formal pleasure garden and is now a wild meadow.

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The Maze

Lose yourself in the most famous maze in the world. The Hampton Court Maze is still baffling visitors after 300 years.

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  • 10.00 - 16.00
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Kitchen Garden

Experience the recreated Kitchen Garden, which would have fed the Georgian royals and now supplies Henry VIII's Kitchens.

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Hampton Court Gardens

Take time to explore and relax in these world-renowned gardens and find our free entry Garden Open Days dates.

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Searching for the Young Black Man in the Portrait of William III, Part 1

A young Black man dressed in blue and gold holding a helmet stands beside William III in a portrait that is a focal point of our exhibition: Untold Lives: A Palace at Work. Who was he? Where did he live and when? Why is he in the painting with William III? And how can historians unravel the mystery surrounding him?

Searching for the Young Black Man in the Portrait of William III, Part 2

The next step in our search was to look at sources and pictures on William III's life before he arrived in England, and his first court, to attempt to discover more about this young man, and why he might have been painted with the King.

Why we need to stop looking for sex: letters and LGBT+ royal history

'How do you know?' I've been asked this a lot recently when I've been talking about LGBT+ royal history. I'm glad to be asked it, because it gets to the heart of studying LGBT+ identities in the past. In this post, I'd like to talk about the evidence and assumptions, which tell us a lot about sexuality in the past, and today.

Queer Lives at the Tower: The LGBT+ Stories that were almost on the tours

Queer Lives at the Tower, our new LGBT+ tours at the Tower of London are just a couple of weeks away, and the team are rehearsing to deliver a bold and new experience. However, there are some stories that didn’t quite make the cut. I’m going to tell you them here, to see what they tell us about how we work with LGBT+ history.

Mary Frith, The Cross-Dressing Cavalier

Frith was a 17th-century public figure who caused much controversy and was arrested many times for wearing clothes made for men. In her lifetime it was this masculine attire that saw her labelled as deviant, rather than her alleged prostitution of women and a business that sold stolen goods. Frith was also an ardent royalist. Here, Holly shares a few of the contradictions of Frith’s fascinating personality.

Wren 300: Wren's Royal Palace

Head of Historic Buildings Daniel Jackson looks at one of Sir Christopher Wren's most famous and problematic projects: the remodelling of Hampton Court Palace.