An Essex school, once the forgotten palace of King Henry VIII, has been honoured with a prestigious award. New Hall School, formerly a Royal residence for King Henry VIII, has received an esteemed ...

For the first time in 450 years, a citadel of Protestant worship in England — the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace — echoed to the sound of Roman Catholic prayers and music.

Effigy of Elizabeth I. Henry VII lavished huge sums on his new Lady Chapel, which was begun in 1503 but not completed until 1516, nearly six years after his death. Henry’s imposing tomb at the east ...

LONDON – “Henry VIII will be spinning in his grave!” said the headline in The Daily Mail, a British tabloid.Hampton Court Palace, where the Tudor King Henry broke off ties with the papacy in ...

Crown, sceptre and rings were all of silver-gilt. She was buried in the old Lady chapel and when Henry VII pulled this down to build his new chapel he moved his grandmother's coffin. Her body was then ...

Henry VII's chapel found at Greenwich. By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent 25 January 2006 • 12:01am . Click to enlarge. As muddy holes go, they don't get much more romantic.

Henry VII's reign was a prosperous one, meaning there were funds to build the 'wonder of the world' Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey. It is there that the monarch lies alongside his wife, Lady ...

Henry VIII’s chapel hosts Catholic prayers for the first time in 450 years . CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The service was a symbolic act cementing growing ties between this country’s two ...

Henry VII's reign was a prosperous one, meaning there were funds to build the 'wonder of the world' Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey. It is there that the monarch lies alongside his wife ...

For the first time in 450 years the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace echoed to the sound of Roman Catholic prayers and music. Cardinal Vincent Nichols led vespers.