Hello, I'm Lucy Worsley, chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces.

You're listening to our podcast that explores the history and stories of our six palaces.

These talks are a collection of some of our best live events.

I really hope you enjoy listening.

In the 1500s, the Tudor Court was the place to be seen.

This series of talks looks into the court life in the 16th century during the reign of King Henry VIII.

In this discussion, the panel of experts unravel the preparations, rituals and personalities

involved in the christening of Edward V.

Henry VIII's long-awaited son.

To my far right, I'm sure needing no introduction to use Dr. Lucy Worsley,

the chief curator of the historic royal palaces,

who of course made that BBC documentary, Britain's Tudor

Treasure, a night at Hampton Court, which aired in January about the Royal Baptism, which we're

here to discuss. The Reverend Canon Dennis Mulliner has been chaplain here at Hampton Court for 15

years and was a founding trustee of the choral foundation promoting the music here at

Hampton Court's Chapel Royal and of course responsible for that amazing sort of musical heritage

that we're hearing through that choir and an authority crucially on the history of the

chapel wall and Rachel Jardine who was one of the directors of that documentary about a night at Hampton Court.

She's a producer-director at BBC Arts and has a particular expertise, I think it's fair to say,

in the kind of use of set dressing and objects, and has a lifelong passion, is it fair to say,

for all things 16th century, including making

costumes for your family? That's brilliant. So I'll be leading a discussion first,

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