Follow in the footsteps of this year’s film ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ based on the best selling historical novel by author Philippa Gregory and visit the real life home of Mary and Anne Boleyn where much of the book is set. Lose yourself in the quintessential English gardens. Imagine how life must have been in that intriguing period in history as you walk through the rooms of the castle to the Long Gallery to learn more about the Boleyn family in a temporary exhibition ‘Losing Your Head Over Henry’, which explores the relationships between two of the most treacherous families in the Court of Henry VIII; the Boleyns and the Howards.

Also on display in the exhibition is a newly acquired portrait of Anne Boleyn’s cousin, Catherine Howard, completing Hever Castle’s rare portrait collection of Henry VIII’s six wives. The portrait was unveiled in March of this year by David Starkey the eminent historian and television broadcaster who said “Hever Castle holds one of the best collections of Tudor portraits after the National Portrait Gallery”…..


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