Jane Boleyn (née Parker) was the daughter of Henry Parker, 10th Baron Morley, a gentleman usher to Henry VIII, and his wife Alice. No record of Jane’s birth survives but she began her court service in ...

The Countess of Salisbury’s appointment as governess to the four-year-old Princess Mary, Henry and Catherine’s only surviving child, in 1520 seemed to set the seal on her triumph. But she was soon to ...

Highlights of Dress Codes will include two matching Liberty print floral cotton dresses, worn in 1936 by Queen Elizabeth II (then Princess Elizabeth) and her younger sister Princess Margaret when they ...

24 choirs performing over one weekend at the Tower. Experience the heart warming power of collective singing as groups from across the UK come together for this unique choir festival. MDBrunch is ...

We are the independent charity that loves and looks after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world. We source a wide variety of goods and services from a large number of suppliers to meet the ...

We all love a good ghost story. And the history of Hampton Court Palace is full of chilling tales. Do Jane Seymour and Catherine Howard, two of Henry VIII's queens, walk the rooms of the palace? And ...

On 20 August 1704, during the reign of Queen Anne, a boy and a girl arrived at the Chapel Royal located within the heart of St James’s Palace. It was a Sunday, and they were there to be baptised, to ...

This November over the Remembrance period, join us at the Tower of London for this poignant and moving sound and light experience, Poppy Fields at the Tower. Historic Royal Palaces have partnered with ...