A doorway to the past 🚪 Time to test your knowledge of our palaces...🏰 Can you identify where each of these historic doors lead? 🤔 Tell us your answers in the comments 👇

A picture-perfect view of Queen Charlotte's Cottage 🤩 Have you explored this hidden gem? 🙋‍♂️ This secluded retreat was used by Queen Charlotte, her husband George III and their family for resting and taking tea during walks in Kew Gardens 🌿 📍 Queen Charlotte's Cottage, Kew

That feeling when all of your geese are lined up in a row...🪿 📸 Take a look at this #PalacePhoto of the Egyptian geese overlooking the Long Water, captured by @rebecca_geeky_girl on Instagram!

👑 This week TM The King and Queen attended a Garden Party at Hillsborough Castle and Gardens to celebrate people from across Northern Ireland's voluntary and charitable sectors ☀️ HM The King planted a tree in the gardens, a tradition that has been taking place at the castle for over 150 years 🌳

Spring is putting on a show at Hillsborough Castle and Gardens 🌸 🌼 📸 Check out these hidden views of Lady Alice’s Temple nestled among the blooms 🏛️

The Ceremony of the Constable's Dues 🥁 Yesterday the Volunteer Cadet Corps made history, as the first cadets to conduct the Ceremony of the Constable's Dues for the first time in this their 125th anniversary year. 👏

A bank holiday Monday and some historic gardens 🤝 the perfect combination 🥰 Anyone else spending the day having a stroll in nature? Let us know 👇 📍The Moss Walk at Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, Great Fountain Garden at Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace

Happy Easter from everyone at Historic Royal Palaces 🐰 Do tag us in your lovely spring #PalacePhotos this weekend 🌸 📍 Kew Palace, Tower of London, Hillsborough Castle and Gardens and Hampton Court Palace.

🥱 Waking up Kew Palace 🧹 Ahead of re-opening our Conservation Team were busy getting the palace ready to welcome visitors! 📸 👉 Swipe through to see the preparations! 📆 Kew Palace is open until 27 September 2026.

🐦‍⬛ Just two Tower of London ravens singing to each other 🎶 Say hello to George and Harris who are pretty fond of this spot near our Royal Beasts exhibition 🦁 📸 From the Ravens team

At 12pm a 41-round gun salute was fired from the Tower of London by @HAC_London to mark the state visit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. 💥

Standing to attention at the Tower of London! 🏰 🐦‍⬛ Say hello to our raven Poppy on guard outside the Jewel House! 📸 From the Ravens Team

This #InternationalWomensDay we're celebrating the remarkable women who work at our palaces 🏰 📸 Find out what this day means to just a few of the women from Historic Royal Palaces 👇

Some blue skies and blooms to cheer up your feed 😎 Who else is excited to see pops of colour appearing across the palace gardens 🙋‍♀️ 📍The Tower of London, Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, and The Wilderness at Hampton Court Palace

Kensington Palace in the morning sunlight 🌅 Did you know Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Louise designed this iconic statue on the West Front 🏰 It was unveiled in 1893 to celebrate Victoria’s Golden Jubilee 👑

#OTD in 1840 Queen Victoria married Prince Albert 💍 It was the first royal wedding to be arranged with the enjoyment of the London public in mind. Victoria travelled in an open carriage so everyone could see her! 👋 She wore a white satin court dress, a style followed by many brides ever since 👰‍♀️

What is your most surprising historical fact? 🤔 We'll go first... Hampton Court Palace is home to the UK's oldest surviving hedge maze 🤯 It was commissioned around 1700 by William III and covers a third of an acre!

On this day in 1649 Charles I was executed outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall. He remains the only English monarch to have been tried and executed for treason.

#Onthisday in 1901 Queen Victoria died. She was 81 years old and had reigned for 63 years, 7 months and 2 days 👑 She was born at Kensington Palace in 1819, she opened the palace to the public in 1899 🏰 She had already opened Hampton Court, a palace in which she never lived, to visitors in 1839.

Introducing The Rest Is History Festival! 4th-5th July 2026, Hampton Court Palace. Exclusively available to members of The Rest Is History Club.

If you could meet any historical monarch, who would it be and why? 👑 🤔

🎉 Happy New Year from Historic Royal Palaces 🏰

Our 2025 Wrapped 🎁 🌺 The Tower Remembers at the Tower of London 👗 Dress Codes at Kensington Palace 📚 The launch of our Inspiring History Teaching Awards 🏛️ Reopening of the The Banqueting House following conservation work 🍯 Disney Winnie the Pooh Hunny Hunt at Hillsborough Castle © Disney

That Boxing Day feeling 😴 How are we all doing, anyone fancy a mince pie? 🎄 📍 Base Court, Hampton Court Palace

Merry Christmas from everyone at Historic Royal Palaces 🎄

🥁 It is time to announce the winner of the Historic Royal Palaces #PalacePhoto competition... 📸 🏆 Over to our esteemed judge Lucy Worlsey to choose the winning photo... Congratulations to @borntotravel1981 with a photo of Lady Alice's Temple at Hampton Court Palace

🏆 It's time to judge the #PalacePhoto of the year competition with our esteemed judge @lucy_worsley 🎊 👏 Congratulations to our shortlist: @mymyinthewild @speddingh_53178 @borntotravel1981 @lady_loxtons_tudoradventures @nicolas.bicorne.photos @TheTravelingPierogi

How to end a feast the Tudor way: enter the void 🍖 Following a feast in the great hall of a palace, there would be a private banquet of sugary treats for the monarch and their special guests to indulge in. This was called 'the void’. 1/3

There’s history around every corner at our palaces and we love seeing how you capture it 📸 Every year we crown the winner of the #PalacePhoto Competition 🏆 Our esteemed judge, Lucy Worsley, will be making her choice soon, so get your entries in now! Just tag us or use the hashtag #PalacePhoto 🏰

Caption this: We'll go first 👉 POV: On our way to sleigh this Christmas 🎄 ❄️

#Onthisday in 1818 Queen Charlotte died at Kew Palace 🏰 Charlotte died surrounded by her daughters Augusta and Mary, the Prince Regent and the Duke of York 🕯️ Her coffin lay in the dining room at Kew, lit by six candles in large silver candlesticks, before being taken to Windsor Castle.

We will remember them. 📍 The Tower Remembers, Tower of London. #RemembranceDay

The Tower of London’s moat has protected the fortress for hundreds of years ⛓️ During the Second World War, it helped protect the city from the sky; with a giant hydrogen-filled barrage balloon 🎈 📸 1939: Balloon over the Tower (ACME / Historic Royal Palaces) 🧵👇 (1/5)

Did you know our Yeoman Warders live at the Tower of London? 🏰 When the visitors go home, it’s like a unique village inside our fortress’ walls - the Yeoman Warders even have their own pub called The Keys! 🗝️