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Mo Mowlam
A unique Northern Ireland Secretary and Hillsborough Castle resident
Art at Hillsborough Castle
Hillsborough Castle has become a place in which to see amazing art
Kings and queens of the Georgian period
Who were the Georgians – the kings and their queens who gave their name to an era?
The story of Kew Palace
Britain's smallest royal palace and George III's private retreat
George III
Dutiful, intelligent and cultured, but cruelly labelled ‘mad’
The royal kitchens at Kew
The kitchens have survived, practically untouched
The Tower's Mint
Guarding the production of all the country's precious coins for over 500 years
Oliver Cromwell
Soldier, Statesman, Lord Protector
William III and Mary II
England's only joint sovereigns, who transformed Kensington Palace into a royal residence