Henry VIII and Tudor England Tour

Highlights

• London, including Westminster Abbey, where Henry was crowned and where his children are buried; the remains of his Whitehall Palace; Westminster Hall and the Houses of Parliament; the Archbishop of Canterbury's London residence at Lambeth Palace; Temple Church, which Henry seized from the Knights Hospitaller and the remains of his birthplace.
• The Tower of London, where Anne Boleyn, Sir Thomas Moore, Catherine Howard and Lady Jane Grey were executed. See Henry VIII's armour and the Crown Jewels.
• Fairytale Hever Castle, with its moat, lake, maze and stunning gardens. Childhood home of Anne Boleyn and also home to Anne of Cleves after her divorce.
• Penshurst Place, which Henry took from the Duke of Buckingham and Ightham Mote, a medieval moated manor house featuring typical Tudor décor.
• Stunning Leeds Castle, surrounded by a lake and transformed by Henry into a royal palace for Catherine of Aragon.
• Lewes and the remains of St Pancras Priory, destroyed by Henry during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Anne of Cleves House.
• Hampton Court Palace, once owned by Cardinal Wolsey but acquired by Henry VIII. See Henry's State Apartments, the Chapel Royal, Great Hall and Privy Garden.
• Windsor Castle, an official royal residence today and where Henry VIII and Jane Seymour are buried.
• Sudeley Castle in the Cotswolds, home to Queen Catherine Parr, Henry's last wife.
• Stratford-upon-Avon to see William Shakespeare's birthplace and Anne Hathaway's Cottage and possibly a play by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
• Bosworth Field, where Henry's father overthrew Richard III (whose remains were recently found under a car park in Leicester!) and Fotheringay, where Mary, Queen of Scots was executed.
• A lavish medieval banquet, hosted by Henry VIII, in 15th century Hatfield House, where Elizabeth I spent much of her childhood.

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