What is Hampton Court Palace?
[[File:Hampton Court Palace.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hampton Court Palace main gate]] '''Hampton Court Palace''' is a royal palace in the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]], [[Greater London]]. The British royal family have not lived there since the 18th century. The palace is {{convert|11.7|mi|km|1}} south west of [[Charing Cross]] and upstream of [[Central London]] on the [[River Thames]]. The palace was bought by the English [[monarch]]y in 1528. This was when [[Thomas Wolsey]] gave it to [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. It stayed a royal palace for the next 220 years. In its lifetime, it saw twelve monarchs on the throne, until [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] stopped living in it after the death of his wife. There was a fire at Hampton Court in 1986. It is currently owned by Historic Royal Palaces, which also owns places like the [[Tower of London]]. It is open to the public. It has many gardens, and also has a maze. {{Royal palaces in the United Kingdom}} {{Commonscat|Hampton Court Palace}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:Castles in England]] [[Category:Royal residences in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]] [[Category:16th-century buildings and structures]]