11. Hampton Court Palace
is a royal palace in the
London Borough of Richmond
upon Thames
It has not been inhabited by
the British Royal Family since
the 18th century.
The palace has two distinct
contrasting architectural styles,
domestic Tudor and Baroque
17. “The King's Guard Chamber
contains a large quantity of
arms: muskets, pistols, swords,
daggers, powder horns and
pieces of armour arranged on
the walls in decorative patterns.
Bills exist for payment to a John
Harris dated 1699 for an
arrangement believed to be that
still seen today”
21. The palace houses many works of art and
furnishings from the Royal Collection,
mainly dating from the two principal
periods of the palace's construction, the
early Tudor (Renaissance) and late Stuart
to early Georgian period.
The gallery at Hampton Court Palace is
allegedly haunted by the ghost of
Katherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife,
who was executed for adultery at the age
of just 19. She is said to have run down
the gallery to beg the King to spare her
life, but was caught by guards, and
dragged away screaming. In 1999, two
women fainted in exactly the same spot in
the gallery, just 30 minutes apart