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Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

It has not been inhabited by the British Royal Family since

the 18th century.

The palace has two distinct contrasting architectural styles, domestic Tudor and Baroque

“The King's Guard Chamber contains a large quantity of

arms: muskets, pistols, swords, daggers, powder horns and

pieces of armour arranged on the walls in decorative patterns. Bills exist for payment to a John

Harris dated 1699 for an arrangement believed to be that

still seen today”

The palace houses many works of art and furnishings from the Royal Collection, mainly dating from the two principal

periods of the palace's construction, the early Tudor (Renaissance) and late Stuart to

early Georgian period.

The gallery at Hampton Court Palace is allegedly haunted by the ghost of

Katherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife, who was executed for adultery at the age

of just 19. She is said to have run down the gallery to beg the King to spare her

life, but was caught by guards, and dragged away screaming. In 1999, two

women fainted in exactly the same spot in the gallery, just 30 minutes apart