Top ten things to see


We'll tell you why we think these sights are 'unmissable'

There are dozens of famous and historic sights at these five palaces. We’ve chosen these ten, but don’t take our word for it….

 

Highlights from across the historic royal palaces...

  1. Young Henry VIII exhibition
    Meet the 'pin-up' prince before he became fat, old Henry VIII.
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  2. Hampton Court Maze
    ‘The most famous Maze in the history of the world’.
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  3. Rubens’s ceiling
    Peter Paul Rubens's masterpiece from a golden age of painting
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  4. Crown Jewels
    Get in line to see these priceless symbols of the British monarchy
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  5. White Tower
    Built to strike fear into the unruly citizens of London
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  6. Yeoman Warders
    Iconic, enduring, entertaining; just don’t call them ‘Beefeaters’.
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  7. Great Hall
    England's last and greatest medieval hall and one of Britain's oldest theatres
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  8. Diana, fashion and style
    Famous frocks belonging to the late Princess of Wales
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  9. Kew Palace
    Where the royal family lived as the 'simplest country gentlefolks'
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  10. King's Staircase
    Can you spot the artist William Kent in his own depiction of George I's court?
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