Banqueting House: the birth of a revolutionary...
On 1 June 400 years ago, payments began for the construction of a magnificent new Banqueting...
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The Masque of Callisto: Queen Mary, Queen Anne,...
In 1675, two future queens performed in one of the most glittering and glamorous performances ever...
“The most magnificent Triumph…on the Thames”
Today the river Thames is full of Thames clippers and speed boats. Some 350 years ago...
The wine-fuelled destruction of Charles II’s...
Hear, touch and feel the past in The Lost Palace, our interactive experience taking you on...
Listen to the Building – Sound and...
How does sound help us understand a Palace? The Banqueting House, Whitehall, was the Stuart court’s...
A Secret Tudor Wedding
In the early morning of 25 January 1533, Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn in a secret...
Anne Boleyn’s Favourite Palace
On 1 June 1533 Anne Boleyn was crowned queen at Westminster Abbey following three days of...
The day we lost Whitehall Palace (and eight...
Whitehall, the centre of government and one of London’s hotspots for tourism, would look very different...