Hampton Court Palace Home of King Henry VIII and King William III
The palace was first commissioned by Cardinal Wolsey, and occupied by King Henry VIII, and all 6 of his wives.
Archway detail
Note the carved H & A for Henry & Anne Boleyn,
overlooked after her execution,
when her presence was erased from the palace
The Great Hall
The tapestries, known as the Abraham tapestries,
were commissioned by Henry VIII, by artisans in Brussels.
The Watching Chamber
Apparently King Henry VIII collected over 2,000 tapestries,
some of which are now on display in the V & A Museum
Paintings by Antonio Verrio, late 1600s, in the Queen's Drawing Room
The Clock Court
was built by Sir Christopher Wren, and first occupied in the first decade of the 1700s by William and Mary View my photos of the Hampton Court Palace Gardens here
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