The Whitehall Palace fire started on the afternoon of 4 January 1698, when a Dutch maidservant was drying linen sheets on a charcoal brazier in a bed chamber at Whitehall Palace.

Cromwell’s fate was sealed by a bill of attainder, passed by Parliament on 29 June 1540. This terrifying instrument of royal jurisdiction allowed for noblemen to be stripped of their lands and their ...

This Christmas, explore a royal celebration at the Tower of London with specially created displays that showcase how kings and queens of the past celebrated the festive period. As you roam the ...

Anne of Cleves was Queen of England and Henry VIII's fourth wife for just over six months. Disregarded by some historians as the 'ugly one' and the subject of a much-discussed portrait by renowned ...

In 2014 the Tower of London marked the centenary of the outbreak of The First World War (WWI) with the commemorative art installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, which saw the moat filled with ...

Alice is a curator and building historian. She previously worked in the commercial heritage sector and prior to this, for the Pevsner Architectural Guides. Her research interests include building ...

As manager of the Heritage Science Team and Laboratory, Constantina is responsible for the planning and execution of research informing the preservation of the diverse objects and interiors of six ...

Myles is Assistant Curator of Collections at Kensington Palace. He specialises in the making and reception of the royal image across Britain and Ireland in the 19th century through art, craft, dress ...

Henry VIII's six enormous 'Abraham' tapestries, which line the north and south walls of the Great Hall at Hampton Court Palace are part of a complete set of 10. They are some of the most extraordinary ...

Work on Queen Caroline’s State Bed, which we care for on behalf of the Royal Collection Trust, continues in the Conservation Studio at Hampton Court Palace. In our last post, we shared our progress on ...

The First World War saw the deaths of over 880,000 British forces, with more than half a million casualties still missing. This unprecedented loss shook the country to its core, as thousands of ...