She was the queen who gave Henry VIII the son he so desired but Jane Seymour’s story had far from a happy ending. The consort died just a few days after presenting the Tudor monarch with his longed for male heir and is now said to haunt one of the most famous royal residences in the world. Royal Central takes a look at the stories of Jane’s ghost at Hampton Court Palace.
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She’s one of the most famous queens in history and died in 1603. Since then numerous royals (and monarchs themselves) have claimed to have seen the departed monarch in ghost form, and we are taking a look at some of those ghost stories.
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Painting by ground breaking artist rediscovered in a royal storage room
24th September 2023
The Royal Collection Trust has just announced that a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi has gone on display at Windsor Castle for the first time in almost two centuries.
The announcement comes at the end of a much-needed restoration work that the painting has…
Edmund Tudor, the royal patriarch whose tomb stands in St. David's Cathedral
10th September 2023
As the Prince and Princess of Wales attended a small service at St. David’s Cathedral in Wales to mark the anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, they walked past the tomb of another important figure in royal history. The Princess laid a small bouquet of flowers on the altar during the service, having passed the last resting place of a man whose dynasty changed England forever.
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How King George VI guided Windsor through some of its toughest times
26th August 2023
Following the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, Britain declared war on Nazi Germany. King George VI would be the monarch to lead the UK through some of the country’s darkest times. During the war, Windsor Castle would become pivotal for the royal…
Rosendal Palace is one of the lesser-known royal buildings in Sweden, but that doesn’t mean it is less spectacular.
Located on the island of Djurgården, in central Stockholm, it was erected between 1823 and 1827 for King Karl XIV Johan – none other than Jean…
For more than 300 years, St James’s Palace has been the setting for some of the most important moments in royal history. Serving as the residence for monarchs of England until the reign of Queen Victoria, today it is still the home of several members of the Royal Family but primarily a working palace.
Located in Westminster, the palace was built by Henry VIII in 1531. This makes it even…
The history of Clarence House, one of London's last remaining aristocratic townhouses
17th August 2023
On The Mall, next to St James’s Palace, you’ll find an aristocratic townhome, Clarence House. It’s the current residence of King Charles III and Queen Camilla and a home that has housed many generations of the British royal family.
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When people think of London, there are probably a few things that come to mind. From Big Ben to red phonebooths there are iconic images of the capital that everyone knows. But if there is any palace someone recognises, it’s likely Buckingham Palace.
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Buckingham Palace is one of the most recognised buildings in the world and a symbol of the British Royal Family. If it wasn’t for Queen Victoria’s accession, the palace may have never become the principal royal residence as it did in 1837.
Queen Victoria was the first monarch to reside at the famous London landmark. Her predecessor, William IV had died before the palace was…
