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Palaces

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The story of Kensington Palace

An elegant retreat for Britain's royal family

Catalina of Motril

A Tudor servant with one of English history’s greatest secrets

Sir Walter Raleigh

This wild spirit found himself caged at the Tower of London

The Elizabethan era: a golden age?

Was the Elizabethan period really a 'golden era' of English history?

Eleanor of Provence

A powerful and political Queen

The Tower of London and the Second World War

Life at the Tower of London during the Second World War

Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

Who was the real Guy Fawkes, the man behind the mask?

Arbella Stuart

From contender for the throne to prisoner in the Tower of London

The story of Hillsborough Castle and Gardens

‘The Grandest House in County Down’