The Tudor expert is the new chief historian at the Historic Royal Palaces, and the BBC spent the day with her at the home of ...

Small wonder, then, that when the producers of Wolf Hall, the hit TV adaptation of Dame Hilary Mantel's historical novels, needed to recreate Hampton ... palace once so beloved of King Henry VIII.

The gardens of Hampton ... behind the palace building, offering satisfyingly symmetrical views of its facade; The Privy Garden: first created in the 16th century for Henry VIII himself, and ...

Henry VIII was a Tudor king who ruled England ... which can be seen today at Hampton Court Palace. In 1520, the Field of Cloth of Gold was a meeting to establish peace between England and France ...

If you enjoyed Wolf Hall, now is a good time to visit the film set at Hampton Court Palace, where half-price admission is available ... You cannot buy tickets on the day from the palace itself — only ...

As well as bucket making – known as domestic coopering – Mr Paulus is also a wheelwright, which involves making wooden wheels ...

To celebrate the birth of his only son and heir, Edward, Henry VIII commissioned a series of spectacular tapestries to be hung at Hampton Court Palace. The Abraham Tapestries depict tales from the ...

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Ahead of a new series of her ABC hit Lucy Worsley Investigates, the historian warns that “story telling is a dangerous thing” ...

The couple, who've been dating since 2017, haven't made LA their base, preferring a much more under-the-radar existence in a ...

Image: Annette Crosbie as Catherine of Aragon, Dorothy Tutin as Anne Boleyn Keith Michell as Henry VIII and Anne Stallybrass ... The authentic appearance of the court costumes was achieved by ...