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If there’s one thing the Royal Family is never short of, it’s the unique and surprising stories in their history. Whether it’s claims that the heir to the throne is Jack the Ripper, a young boy who broke into the palace to steal Queen Victoria’s underwear, or allegations that two teenage siblings were murdered by their power-hungry uncle, there are certainly some shocking stories in the royal closet.
And the incredible stories just keep growing when it comes to where the Royal Family has lived over the years. With reports of limping ghosts, a chained monk and screaming Queens, which royal residences are most haunted?
The Daily Express has compiled the ultimate ranking of the spookiest royal homes, from the Tower of London and Balmoral Castle to Buckingham Palace.
6. Buckingham Palace
Despite being one of the most recognized symbols of the monarchy around the world, there haven’t been many ghost reports from Buckingham Palace. But one notable story details a ghostly monk in tattered robes who is said to wander the terraces of the Palace gardens, begging to be freed from the chains that bind him. According to legend, she once lived in the monastery there and died chained to the wall of a cell after breaking her strict vows.
Another ghost of the Palace is that of King Henry VII, who was involved in a scandal that ended his marriage. It is said to have belonged to Edward’s private secretary, Major John Gwynne. When faced with a case, he shot himself in one of the first-floor offices of the Palace. More than a century later, staff are said to still avoid the room because it gives off a strange aura. Some even reported hearing a single gunshot in the middle of the night, thought to be an echo of Major’s tragic shooting.
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5. Hampton Court Palace
Once upon a time King Henry VIII Henry’s home, Hampton Court, is said to be haunted by the ghosts of at least two of his wives. Jane Seymour appears as a sad white figure carrying a lighted stopper on the Silverstick Steps, while the louder ghost of Catherine Howard is heard screaming as she runs through the aptly named Haunted Gallery.
The famous Gray Lady is thought to be Sybil Penn, one of Queen Elizabeth I’s ladies-in-waiting. His grave was destroyed during a rebuilding project at St Mary’s in the village of Hampton. Lucy Worsley, chief curator of Historic Royal Palaces, previously said: “Soon after, 19th-century residents of the palace began reporting hearing of Sybil and her ghostly spin.”
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4. Kensington Palace
Although the family no longer lives there, there is a long-standing rumor that it is haunted by a ghost named Peter the Wild Child. Prince Louis old kindergarten Kensington Palace. Peter, the Wild Child, brought to England by King George I of Hanover because of his admiration for the boy’s way of living in the forest and his inability to speak. He is believed to suffer from the rare genetic disorder Pitt-Hopkins syndrome.
After her arrival in Britain in 1726, the then Princess of Wales devoted great attention to her health, but all attempts to teach her to speak or write failed. Peter’s portrait at the court of George I hangs today in Kensington Palace. Peter is believed to have lived to the age of 70 and his final resting place is St Mary’s Church in Northchurch, near Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.
Other ghostly reports were made of the appearances of Queen Caroline and Princess Sophia, Queen Victoria’s aunt; guards and residents admitted to witnessing these apparitions or hearing strange noises on the palace grounds. Even King II. It is said that George still wanders the palace, his soul lamenting the soldiers he lost in the Seven Years’ War and asking, “Why don’t they come?” It is even said that he shouted.
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3. Sandringham House
Famous society diarist Kenneth Rose claimed a “small ritual” was held in one of the Sandringham’s downstairs bedrooms after staff reported paranormal experiences. The ceremony was performed by a chaplain in the presence of the late Queen, the Queen Mother and her Maid of Honor, Prue Penn.
The room in question was where the late Queen’s father, King George VI, lived before his death in 1952, and was said to be so haunted that staff made it clear they did not want to work there.
She wrote: “Prue Penn [the Queen Mother’s lady-in-waiting] He told me that the Queen had invited him to attend a small ceremony at Sandringham in the summer in one of the rooms run by a local vicar. The only other person there was the Queen Mother…”
This service is not the only report of ghostly activity at Sandringham, King Charles was also said to have been very nervous while examining some old paintings there in the mid-1980s. Speaking of the King in 2011, a courtier said: “There are old parts of the house where no one wants to go or be alone… The Prince said, ‘Oh my God!’ ‘ he cried, then took the first print and ran out as quickly as he could. He was petrified. Many events took place in the library. There is an old clock there and its hour and minute hands move by themselves. There was a maid in a smaller part of the library who would once wake up to books floating in the air. shelves.”
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