Last weekend while Mom, Chris, AND Pat were over in Cyprus so I took the opportunity to go with a friend from work to one of the places that I can get into free with my Kew pass.
We chose Hampton Court, the former pleasure palace of Henry VIII, who just happened to be getting 'married' the day we went.
We chose Hampton Court, the former pleasure palace of Henry VIII, who just happened to be getting 'married' the day we went.
First Hannah and I went out to see the grounds, and enjoyed doing the hedge maze. We managed in under 10 min, not too bad. It reminded me a lot of the William and Mary triathlon except it wasn't dark and we weren't listening out for the police....
I also noticed this interesting crest over one of the windows which looked just like the William and Mary symbol, what a coincidence. Turning the corner I saw this:
It's a little hard to see in this picture, but in the rectangle above the Corinthian columns is William and Mary writ out in Latin, quite large. Apparently they inherited the place from Henry VIII and added a whole suite of apartments!
Heading back towards the palace we saw the man himself headed to his stag party.
Along with our tickets came free audio tours, so we went through the William and Mary apartments, then Henry VIII's area (and saw the newly married Henry and Katherine Parr announced as Man and Wife) and finally finished up with the kitchens.
All in all a very grand day out, and thanks to Hannah for coming up with the idea and hanging out with me!
Ooh, I've been there! I think I was about 10 at the time, so I don't remember it very well, but we certainly didn't get to see Henry VIII himself. Lucky you! :)
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