Raphael and Verrio: The Odd Couple at Hampton Court Palace
Anyone with any interest in art will most likely have heard of Raphael! One ...
The winding history of the Wilderness garden at Hampton Court Palace
With the gardens at Hampton Court Palace and Hillsborough Castle now back open to ...
Beauty tips from Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I is one of history’s most iconic monarchs, instantly recognisable in her numerous ...
Henry VIII and the sweating sickness
Henry VIII is usually remembered as the uber-confident, intimidating megalomaniac who touted his magnificence ...
Celebrating Hillsborough Castle's Moss Walk
Although moss gardens are a relatively common sight in Japan there are very few ...
Super staff: International Women's Day
Throughout our sites’ 1,000 years of history, countless great women have played a part ...
Dangerous Women: The Cross-Dressing Cavalier Mary Frith
In her second blog post written as part of her Queer History work placement ...
Georgian Feminism: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, sexual-fluidity and...
Our Queer Lives immersive tours taking place on selected dates at the Tower of ...
The Ones That Got Away: The LGBT+ Stories That Were Almost On The...
Queer Lives at the Tower, our new LGBT+ tours at the Tower of London ...
Conservation and discoveries in our paper collections
We have around 25,000 works of art on paper in Historic Royal Palaces’ collection. ...