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Palaces

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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