Palaces & Buildings

Royal Central's guide to Halloween at Britain's most haunted castles

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21st October 2015
As we continue with our Halloween season, its time for Royal Central’s ghoulish guide to Halloween at some of this country’s most haunted castles. Muncaster Castle Muncaster Castle in Cumbria is supposedly haunted by the ghost of a mysterious White Lady and Tom Fool, a jester who worked at the castle over 400 years ago, who in the present day likes to play a few tricks on visitors to…
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History

The 1940s: The Queen Mother's finest decade

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20th October 2015
Though the 1930s brought about tumultuous change for the country and for Queen Elizabeth, the 1940s would soon become a decade that nobody would ever forget. It would also be the decade that Elizabeth would be dubbed ‘the most dangerous woman in Europe’ and many argue it was her finest decade. The Second World War had broken out in September 1939 and it was this conflict that would…
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History

Stories of the Stuarts: The Pendle Witches

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18th October 2015
It is the most famous witch trial of the 17th century, the case of the Pendle Witches. Twelve women were accused of witchcraft, and while one died, eleven went to trial. One was tried and found guilty at York while ten of the ‘witches’ were tried at Lancaster. Only one woman was found not guilty. Six of the eleven ‘witches’ on trial came from two rival families in Pendle.
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History

The story of the Princes in the Tower

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17th October 2015
The mystery surrounding the fate of young brothers, Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York is still one that stands today. Many believe that the boys were murdered and continue to haunt rooms in the Bloody Tower. The Bloody Tower is also home to the…
History

Tales of the Tower: Anne Boleyn

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17th October 2015
Royal Central’s Halloween season begins with a story of adultery, beheadings, and ghostly apparitions. Here is Anne Boleyn’s Tale of the Tower. She was the second wife of King Henry VIII and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I, but ultimately Anne Boleyn met her fate in the Tower of London on May 19th, 1536. After several years of marriage to King Henry, in 1536 Anne Boleyn was arrested on…
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