Historic Royal Palaces Podcast

In this four part mini-series, we're back exploring a selection of treasured spaces in our palaces with the people who know them best, our curators. Each space has been personally chosen by our resid...

12 Sep 202429min

The Tudor world ushered in an age of wealth, magnificence, challenge and opportunity in the early 16th century. Hampton Court Palace stood at the heart of this period, as the home of Thomas Wolsey, He...

29 Aug 202429min

Does the mystery of the Princes in the Tower remain of such interest today because it is unsolved? In this final episode of our Wars of the Roses series, Curator Charles Farris is joined by Joint C...

15 Aug 20241h 3min

Women played vital roles in the power struggles of the Wars of the Roses, but history hasn't always been portrayed this way. In this episode we're putting women back in the narrative, from Margaret o...

1 Aug 20241h 2min

The middle and end of the Wars of the Roses is arguably the most complicated period of this history, with big personalities and power players fighting for the top spot in the game of thrones.   In epi...

18 Jul 20241h 4min

In this second episode of our five-part series on the Wars of the Roses, we investigate the reign of Henry VI and the start of the dynastic struggle that was the Wars of the Roses.   Henry has often b...

4 Jul 20241h 2min

The Wars of the Roses was a turbulent period of conflict in the 15th century that ultimately ushered in a new dynasty with the Tudors. In this first episode of our new five-part series, Historic Roya...

20 Jun 202430min

In this new five-part series, Historic Royal Palaces Curator Charles Farris leads us into the stormy world of the Wars of the Roses.   We aim to reveal how and why such a turbulent period of conflict ...

13 Jun 20241min