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Palaces

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Duleep Singh

The last Sikh Maharaja of the Punjab and former owner of the Koh-i-Noor diamond

Art at Hillsborough Castle

Hillsborough Castle has become a place in which to see amazing art

The story of Hillsborough Castle and Gardens

‘The Grandest House in County Down’

Mo Mowlam

A unique Northern Ireland Secretary and Hillsborough Castle resident

Henry VI

Intelligent and generous, he lived in his father's shadow and was killed for his throne

The Field of Cloth of Gold

Henry VIII's historic meeting with his great rival François I in 1520 was a defining point in his reign

James I and Anne of Denmark

Generous, scholarly James and his cultured wife

The story of Hampton Court Palace

Home of Henry VIII and the Tudor dynasty

A history of royal weddings

From Queen Victoria to the modern royals