A 16th-century sketch of Hampton Court Palace 🏰 With conservation work on the Tudor Kitchens' chimneys in full swing, we've been delving into the archives 📖 👀 Can you spot them here? 🧱

✍️Anthonis van den Wijngaerde's sketch of Hampton Court Palace from the North © Ashmolean

🔔 Applications are open 🔔 Schools can now apply for our Access Fund for Schools 2024/25 📚 🚌

This fund offers students the opportunity to visit the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace free of charge! ➡️ brnw.ch/21wJjcr

👀 Views from the roof of Hampton Court Palace 🏰 The Privy Garden and Great Fountain Garden sure do look magnificent from above!

🔔 Studentship opportunity 🔔 This exciting Collaborative Doctoral Partnership examines three English queens consort.

'Courting Magnificence: The Materiality of Late Medieval Queens' Households' with Historic Royal Palaces and University of Lincoln. 📝 brnw.ch/21wJcPK

Making our Pond Garden more sustainable🌱Originally a fish pond  for Henry VIII, in the 1690s, Mary II transformed the space  to display her rare and exotic plant collection🌴Its new tropical look is inspired by planting schemes of the past, it is historical and more sustainable!

#Onthisday not one, not two, but three different coronations took place in 1661, 1685 and 1702. 🤯 👑

🎉 23 April 1661: coronation of King Charles II
⚔️ 23 April 1685: coronation of King James II
👑 23 April 1702: coronation of Queen Anne

© National Portrait Gallery, London

We're thrilled to be in the #TurningPoint60 exhibition! 🎉 Since 2016, we've worked with Turning Point 💙 leaders to create meaningful visits for their community groups to our palaces.

Our CAS card will be exhibited and represents how it all began 👉 brnw.ch/21wJ2SD

The Tower of London 🤝 Horrible Histories 🏰 To celebrate 15 years of Horrible Histories on CBBC there’s a brand-new Tower of London episode, song and all!

🎶 Hear the new Terrifying Tower of London song 👇 and watch the episode now on @bbciplayer 📺

© Lion Television

We’re celebrating 5 years since Hillsborough Castle and Gardens reopened to the public 🎉 After a major transformation, we reopened our doors in 2019 and have made many memories since then. Here’s a look back at the past 5 years👇

Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund for their support.

Hello, flowers 👋🌷 We're loving the Spring colours in the palace gardens at the moment 🤩 🏰

📍Kensington Palace, The Wilderness at Hampton Court Palace, @hillscastle

📢 We are excited to announce a major re-hang of Irish art in the State Drawing Room at Hillsborough Castle 🖼️

🎨 See 33 new works of art on display, including local artist Emma Spence’s new and unseen painting of our gardens 🤩

🖼️ Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2024

#Onthisday in 1689 William III and Mary II were crowned together at Westminster Abbey 👑 They ruled jointly from 1689 until Mary’s death in 1694.

🎨 The arrival of William III and Mary II at Whitehall in 1688. The Banqueting House and Whitehall Palace can be seen in the background!

🌷 Bloomin’ lovely 🌷 Our annual Tulip Festival at Hampton Court Palace begins today! Come and see over 100,000 tulips in bloom across the Palace gardens 🤩🏰

🗓️ 08 April - 29 April 2024
🎟️ bit.ly/TulipFest24

🌷 Are you ready for tulip-fever? 🌷Our annual Tulip Festival returns to Hampton Court Palace next week, some of the tulips are starting to appear! 🤩 Who's visiting? 🙋‍♀️

🗓️ 08 April - 29 April 2024
🎟️ brnw.ch/21wIz3c