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Hampton Court Palace

East Molesey, Surrey

A screaming queen in the gallery, and a figure caught on CCTV.

Catherine Howard, Henry VIII's fifth wife, is said to run screaming down the Haunted Gallery, as she did when she was arrested in 1541. In 2003 the palace's CCTV recorded a figure in a long coat flinging open heavy fire doors.

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When
From 1542
Where
51.4036, -0.3378
Group
Haunted places

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Historic Royal Palaces, open daily.

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