The wine-fuelled destruction of Charles II’s...
Hear, touch and feel the past in The Lost Palace, our interactive experience taking you on...
Archives: Curators
Inoculation and Courtly Dancing
Today, a new exhibition opens at Kensington Palace – Enlightened Princesses: Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte and the...
Real Royal Tennis
If Hampton Court Palace had an official sport it would be Real Tennis and we are...
Portable Palaces: The Field of Cloth of Gold, 1520
Four hundred and ninety seven years ago today – 7th June 1520 – Henry VIII and...
The Enlightened Princesses – in 6 objects…
On 22 June, a new exhibition opens at Kensington Palace exploring the lives of three German...
Picturing Places: George III’s Topgraphical...
The royal palaces feature prominently on the British Library’s new website, ‘Picturing Places’, which brings together...
Portable Palaces: Royal Tents and Timber Lodgings
Back in 2015 HRP was awarded Independent Research Organisation (IRO) status by the Arts and Humanities...
Medieval royalty – Margaret of Anjou
Kings and queens can seem very distant from us – medieval kings and queens even more...
A Russia Royal Resident: Grand Duchess Xenia...
On 6th April 1917, in the midst of violence and unrest, Grand Duchess Xenia Romanov left...
Waking up Kew Palace
Every spring we wake up Kew Palace from its winter sleep and get it ready for...