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Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot…”November 5th is still considered to be one of the most important dates in British history. But why? What are the royal links? And why do we still mark it today?On 13 April 1570, Guido ‘Guy’ Fawkes was born in York, England. He was to become one of the greatest criminal masterminds in history. The daring escapade…

It was a rumour that involved a king and his niece and a question about whether their relationship was too scandalous for the time period. Did Richard III want to marry his niece Elizabeth of York?One of the most turbulent periods in English history was the Wars of the Roses and the conflicts between different royal dynasties. In a previous post outlining the Royal History Mystery of what…

In the Netherlands, Noordeinde Palace is the setting for one young royal haunting.In February 1858, a well-known American medium, Daniel Dunglas Home, conducted séances at Noordeinde Palace at the invitation of Queen Sophie.While exact reports of what occurred are unclear, Home wrote about his visit in a magazine called Spiritual Magazine, where he said he held nine séances. However…

Hampton Court Palace is infamous as the setting for the tragic stories of Henry VIII’s six wives, so it’s no surprise that people have been reporting ghostly sightings there for hundreds of years.Postcards with double-exposed photographs supposedly depicting the famous ghosts of Hampton Court were a trendy collector’s item in the early 1900s, and today (or at least…