Wine flows at the Palace

Wine flows in the courtyard at Hampton Court Palace now. Historic Royal Palaces have recreated the wine fountain seen on the famous painting of the Field of Cloth of Gold where Henry VIII meets with the King of France.

The edifice is huge and is complete with some figures that are drunk as shown in the painting too, and lots of tourist get to have their photo in the same position. For a small fee (over 18's only) you can have a cup of wine from the fountain, we didn't get to try it as it wasn't open till after we left, but next time we'll stay longer and sample the wine.

Hampton Court Palace has much to recommend to the visitor, there are daily plays around the place which are themed but each one different. On the day we were there Henry was getting married to Catherine Parr, you could watch Catherine chose her wedding dress or Henry having his last batchelor drink with some of his mates, and you had the chance to dress in either red or green robes to walk about the place.

The Costumes worn by the participants were magnificent and gave plenty of time to take photos.


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