Portraits and Lies: Deciphering Personality from...
We’ve all looked back in horror at snapshots of days-gone-by and thought “what was I thinking?!”...
Tag: Henry VIII
HRP Handover: Luke Pepera on a story of two kings
For our final HRP Handover for Black History Month 2020, we’re handing over to Luke Pepera,...
HRP Handover: Michael Ohajuru on the Black...
Welcome to our first HRP Handover blog for Black History Month 2020! Throughout October we’re inviting...
A nursery fit for a (future) king: Edward VI and...
Preparing for a new arrival is always tricky and usually expensive. But what if the parents...
Henry VIII and the sweating sickness
Henry VIII is usually remembered as the uber-confident, intimidating megalomaniac who touted his magnificence on an...
Long Live the King: St George’s Day and the...
On 23 April 1509, 17 year old Henry VIII was told that his father Henry VII...
Triumph and tragedy: Jane Seymour’s final...
On 24 October 1537, Queen Jane Seymour died at Hampton Court Palace, just twelve days after...
Henry VIII and the image of a sporting man
Henry VIII is one of our most notorious monarchs, and like him or loath him, he...
Anne Cleve’s: extracting fact from the fiction
Anne of Cleves (1515-1557) has gone down in history as the ‘ugly wife’ who repulsed the...
Henry VIII and the men who made him
The life of our most famous king began precisely 528 years ago today, at the Palace...