title: The Story of Hampton Court Palace
author:  Lucy Worsley 
description: <div>Lucy Worsley is Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces. She is the author of several books, including If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home (2011) and A Very British Murder (2013). She has presented numerous TV programmes about palace life and other history topics for the BBC.<br>David Souden is a consultant in cultural heritage, history and learning. Between 2003 and 2013 he was Head of Access and Learning at Historic Royal Palaces, following an independent career in TV production, writing and history.</div>
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  An Adventure of Love
  
  
  
  
  
  Barbara Cartland
  
  
  
  
  
  [Barbara Cartland Ebooks Ltd](http://www.barbaracartland.com)
  
  
  
  
  
  This edition © 2019
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright Cartland Promotions 1988
  
  
  
  
  
  eBook conversion by [M-Y Books](http://m-ybooks.co.uk)
  
  
  # AUTHOR’S NOTE
  
  
  The famous Hampton Court Palace, where this story begins, has since Tudor
  times been the background for some of the most colourful and crucial events in
  British history.
  
  
  Built by the powerful and brilliant but awe-inspiring Cardinal Wolsey, it
  incorporated all his dreams of glory.
  
  
  The many walls were emblazoned with cloth of gold, the illuminated carved and
  painted ceilings and the dazzling tapestries, the gold plates, cruets and salt
  cellars encrusted with rubies, diamonds and pearls all added to the stature of
  a man who was the son of a butler from Suffolk.
  
  
  The staff of The Palace contained over five hundred persons, which was not
  excessive according to the number of guests the Cardinal entertained. The
  Constable of Fra