Secrets of the Royal Palaces

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How Nottingham House was renovated by William III and turned into Kensington Palace.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought Osborne House in 1840 as their perfect hideaway.

Exploring the palace at the heart of the monarchy.

Henry VIII made Hampton Court a palace masterpiece that could help track his household.

Exploring Greenwich Palace, which includes Henry VIII's wine cellar and the Queen's house.

Windsor Castle is the largest permanently lived-in castle in the world.

Secrets of Westminster, including a secret tunnel and hologram portrait of the Queen.

Historian Kate Williams reveals the accidental origins of Buckingham Palace.

London's lost royal palace Whitehall is destroyed, but the remnants remain.

A gap in succession made way for George I of Hanover to refurbish Kensington Palace.

The current incarnation of Buckingham Palace is only a century or so old.

Brighton's Royal Pavilion was originally a beach house transformed into a wonder palace.