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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

Historic hauntings at Hampton Court Palace

Centuries of ghosts and grim tales

Chocolate fit for a king

Where royal chocolate makers prepared this expensive delicacy

Thomas Wolsey

Henry VIII’s right-hand man – until the King met Anne Boleyn

Edward Francis

Edward Francis, an enslaved African who lived at the Tower of London

Coronations Past and Present

An ancient ceremony, largely unchanged for a thousand years