The Great Fire, the ‘fanatics’, and the late Lord Protector

September 2, 2016

  The seventeenth century was a very bloody century indeed. And yet the Great Fire ...

A Secret Tudor Wedding

August 22, 2016

In the early ...

Whitehall and a most delicate protest

August 16, 2016

Today Whitehall ...

“Executed in the open street before Whitehall”

July 18, 2016

King Charles I by Sir Anthony van Dyck. Royal Collection ...

Anne Boleyn’s Favourite Palace

June 1, 2016

On 1 June 1533 Anne Boleyn was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey following three ...

Easter Traditions: The Royal Maundy at Banqueting House

March 23, 2016

Dating all the way back to King John in the 13th century is the ...

A little bit of Britain in Connecticut...

March 9, 2016

For the last two years, the curators at Historic Royal Palaces have been working ...

Anne ‘Perseverance’ Boleyn

March 4, 2016

  Anne Boleyn first joined the English court on 4 March 1522 when she participated ...

Banqueting House: The Home of Britain’s Revolution

January 29, 2016

An English print depicting King Charles I's execution outside the ...