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Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace
is a royal palace in the
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
,
Greater London
, in the
historic county
of
Middlesex
, and within the
postal town
East Molesey
,
Surrey
. It has not been inhabited by the
British Royal Family
since the 18th century. The palace is south west of
Charing Cross
and upstream of
central London
on the
River Thames
. Redevelopment began to be carried out in 1515 for Cardinal
Thomas Wolsey
, a
favourite
of
King Henry VIII
. In 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the King seized the palace for himself and later enlarged it. Along with
St. James's Palace
, it is one of only two surviving palaces out of the many owned by King Henry VIII.
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