Claire’s photos from The Anne Boleyn Experience 2018
Posted By Claire on July 23, 2018
I finally got a few minutes to myself to go through my photos from this year’s Anne Boleyn Experience Tour and thought that I’d share them here for you to enjoy.
Philippa and I are running the Anne Boleyn Experience again in May 2019 (yay!) and if you want to join us then you can find out more and reserve your place at www.britishhistorytours.com/history-tours/anne-boleyn-2019
If I had to narrow it down and pick my top two favourite things about this tour (I have so many favourite things!), I’d have to say:
- Staying at Hever Castle – So many ‘pinch me’ moments for an Anne Boleyn fan like me!
- ‘Talking Tudor’ to people who are just as obsessed with Tudor history as I am. To actually see their eyes light up with excitement rather than glaze over with boredom is a beautiful thing.
I hope you enjoy these photos!
Day 1 – Off to Hever Castle
- On the coach to Hever
- Dinner in the Astor Wing
- Gareth Russell talking about Anne Boleyn
- Me and the wonderful Gareth Russell
Day 2 – Hever Castle exterior and the gardens
- The Hever swans and cygnets
- Hever Castle
- A view of the Astor Wing
- Hever Castle
- Hever Castle gardens
- Looking back at the castle
- Hever Castle gardens
- Hever Castle gardens
- Hever Castle gardens
- Hever Castle gardens
- The loggia terrace
- The lake from the loggia
- Map of the grounds
- Hever Castle gardens
- Hever Castle gardens
- Hever Castle gardens
- Hever Castle gardens
- Hever Castle
- Hever Castle gardens
- Hever Castle
- Hever Castle
St Peter’s Church, Hever
- St Peter’s Church, Hever
- Margaret Cheyne’s brass memorial
- Thomas Boleyn’s brass memorial
- Thomas Boleyn’s brass memorial
- Thomas Boleyn’s brass memorial
- Brass cross memorial to Henry Boleyn, brother of Anne Boleyn
Talk from Bess Chilver on Tudor Costume
- Bess
- Bess’s husband, Edmund gets dressed as Henry VIII
- Katie being dressed as a Tudor lady (Henry VIII’s reign)
- Rebecca being dressed in an Elizabethan costume
- Even Tudor ladies need to check their social media
Private evening tour of Hever Castle<
- A dip before the tour in the private pool
- We meet up in the music room
- In the music room
- Henry VIII welcomes us
- Henry and Anne
- Recognise these windows from “Anne of the Thousand Days”?
- Inner courtyard
- Anne Boleyn
- An unknown woman said to be Mary Boleyn
- Henry VIII
- Edward VI
- Philip II of Spain
- Inner Hall
- Inner Hall
- Henry VII
- Inner Hall
- Replica of the clock said to have been given by Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn
- Inner Hall
- Elizabeth of Valois
- Castle dining room
- Tapestry in dining room
- Dining room
- The Henry VIII lock
- The minstrels’ gallery in the dining room
- The library
- The library
- The morning room
- Anne Boleyn
- The Anne Boleyn Bedroom
- Anne Boleyn’s book of hours
- Anne Boleyn’s book of hours
- Tapestry depicting the marriage of Louis XII and Mary Tudor
- James Butler, the man Anne was due to marry at one time.
- Anne Boleyn
- Jane Seymour
- Anne of Cleves
- Henry VIII
- Labelled Catherine Howard, but more likely to be Elizabeth Seymour (Cromwell)
- Labelled Catherine Parr but more likely to be Catherine of Aragon
- Prince Arthur and Henry VII
- Henry IV
- Catherine of Aragon
- The Queen’s Chamber
- Anne of Cleves
- Thomas Wyatt
- Mary I
- Elizabeth I
- Elizabeth I
- Edward VI
- The Waldegrave Room
- Henry VIII’s Bedchamber
- A secret chapel
- A secret chapel
- Embroidery
- Margaret Beaufort
- Elizabeth of York
- Henry VIII
- William Warham
- The Long Gallery
- The Long Gallery
- Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
- Henry VIII and his six wives
- Archbishop Thomas Cranmer
- Pope Clement VII
- The long gallery
- A transcript of the “Tower” letter said to have been written by Anne Boleyn
- Anne Boleyn
- Sir Thomas More and Bishop Fisher
- Sir Thomas More
- The long gallery
- The long gallery
- George Boleyn’s signature
- William Waldorf Astor
- The Astor Suite
- John Jacob Astor
- Display of torture and execution implements
- Portcullis weights
- Luckily not our toilet!
- Lady Catherine Grey and her son, Edward Seymour
Hampton Court Palace
- The approach to Hampton Court Palace
- Philippa chatting to Siobhan, our costumed guide
- Siobhan
- Clock Court
- Clock Court
- Clock Court
- The Anne Boleyn Experience 2018 group
- The Anne Boleyn Experience 2018 group
- Anne Boleyn’s gateway
- Anne Boleyn’s gateway
- Anne Boleyn’s gateway
- The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- The Great Hall
- Mounted deer antlers in the State Apartments of Henry VIII
- Henry VIII’s presence chamber
- Henry VIII’s presence chamber
- Henry VIII’s presence chamber
- Ceiling of Henry VIII’s presence chamber
- Some of the original arms on the ceiling
- Henry VIII’s presence chamber
- Jane Seymour
- Henry VIII
- Henry VIII
- Charles V and Francis I
- The Haunted Gallery
- Henry VII, Elizabeth of York and Margaret Beaufort
- The Family of Henry VIII
- Detail of Princess Mary (Mary I) and Jane the Fool
- Detail of Prince Edward (Edward VI), Henry VIII and Jane Seymour
- Princess Detail of Elizabeth (Elizabeth I)
- Princess Detail of Elizabeth (Elizabeth I)
- Princess Detail of Elizabeth (Elizabeth I)
- Edward VI
- Edward VI
- Chapel Court Garden with all its heraldic beasts
- Chapel Court Garden with all its heraldic beasts
- Chapel Court Garden with all its heraldic beasts
- Chapel Court Garden with all its heraldic beasts
- This the nursery block where Edward VI was cared for (middle windows I think!)
- Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon
- The Family of King Henry VII (shown with God and St George)
- Margaret of Austria
- The embarkation of Henry VIII at Dover to go to the Field of Cloth of Gold
- Field of Cloth of Gold
- Detail of Henry VIII
- Detail
- A man being sick in the Field of Cloth of Gold painting!
- Linen fold panelling
- List of Catherine of Aragon’s babies
- Fireplace
- Anne Boleyn
- Henry VIII
- Catherine of Aragon
- The palace
Miscellaneous
- I was so excited to see my books in Hever Castle bookshop!
- My colouring book too!
- This was my favourite breakfast choice – halloumi and avocado on a toasted muffin
- Pimms o’clock – a quick lunch at the Garden Restaurant, Hever
- My vegetarian starter one night – yum!
- One of the desserts I had
If you want to join us on next year’s Anne Boleyn Experience Tour then go to www.britishhistorytours.com/history-tours/anne-boleyn-2019 and reserve your place now.