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Palaces

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Lady Jane Grey

Known as the ‘Nine Day Queen’, Lady Jane had the shortest reign in British history

Henry VIII's children

All three ruled England

Thomas Cromwell

The life and death of Henry VIII’s 'most faithful servant'

Coronations Past and Present

An ancient ceremony, largely unchanged for a thousand years

Yeoman Warders at the Tower of London

The ‘Beefeaters’ have been guarding the Tower since Tudor times

The royal court in the Tudor period

The Tudor royal court was the place to see, and be seen

The Medieval Palace

Luxurious royal lodgings from the 1200s

Elizabeth of York

The original Tudor Queen, and wife of Henry VII

The gardens at Hampton Court Palace

A brief history of the famous royal gardens