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The Tudor century, in which five monarchsbought England from a medieval backwaterto a Renaissance nation full of elegance,sophistication and a dominant Europeansuperstate. The dynasty began in 1485when Henry Tudor (1457-1509) at only 28years old became King. He had broughtRichard III to battle at Bosworth Field, hisarmy of around 6 or 7,000 menoutnumbered 2 to 1, but luck was on hisside and he was victorious. Richard wasthe last King of England to die on thebattlefield. Henry VII, King by right of bloodand conquest reigned for 23 years andamassed a vast fortune so the treasurycoffers were full when Henry VIII becameKing in 1509.
Henry VIII (1491-1547)was the second sonso not born to be King. Brought up with hissisters at Eltham Palace, he became heir onhis brother’s death in 1502 and succeededhis father before he was 18 years old. HenryVIII was the most famous and notoriousking that England has ever known.
Young, handsome, vigorous, musician,poet, philosopher, Defender of the Faith,builder and sports superstar of his age.Married to Catherine of Aragon for 25 years,originally his brother’s wife, she onlyproduced a daughter when Henry and thenation desperately needed a legitimatemale heir.
His eyes and heart set upon the promise ofAnne Boleyn, with black eyes and Frenchsophistication. Henry jilted his wife,repudiated the Catholic church andproclaimed himself as head of the Churchof England. Anne also only provided adaughter and after her downfall, wasexecuted. Henry married Jane Seymourand at last he had the much needed son.Tragically for all, Jane died shortly afterchildbirth.
Her son Edward was a weak child and abrother was needed for dynastic security soHenry married for a fourth time. Anne ofCleves, was a Flemish princess but Henryjust did not like her. The marriage wasdissolved after only 6 months and Henrywas led into marriage with wife number five.
Catherine Howard was a slip of a girl of 19years old, She was a wild child andcontinued her ways behind the king’s back.She paid the ultimate price becoming thesecond of his wives to go to theexecutioner’s block.
Finally, Catherine Parr became wife numbersix. She was Henry’s intellectual equal anda wealthy woman who had been marriedtwice before. Commonly held to be his
companion in his declining years, Henrydied in 1547, a great bloated tyrant.
Edward VI (1537-1553) was 9 years of agewhen he ascended the throne and his twoelder sisters had to defer to him. Sadly thisweak child never thrived and he died at 15years of age. He had hardly begun in lifeand was never to reach his majority orstamp his mark on history.
A battle for supremacy followed and LadyJane Grey was pushed forward by herambitious uncle to become Queen for just 9days. Mary Tudor (1516-1558) soonreclaimed the throne and set about rightingthe wrongs heaped upon her mother,Catherine of Aragon. Mary wanted thecountry to return to the Roman Catholicfaith and ruthlessly suppressed anyprotestations, condemning over 300 peopleto being burnt at the stake. It was duringthis bloody reign of only 5 years thatEngland lost its only remaining continentalpossession, Calais.
Mary married Philip of Spain, but it was anunproductive marriage on his part and hereturned home. Despite her own desiresfor children, Mary never managed toproduce a child and thus left the throne toher half-sister Elizabeth on her death.
At 25 Elizabeth (1533-1603) became Queenof a troubled country. During her 45 yearson the throne she gave the world theElizabethan Age. The Virgin Queen waswooed by the nobility of England and theroyalty of Europe. An enduring love affairwith Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicesterscandalised many in England and Europe.During her lifetime she endured 10assassination plots, most of which involvedMary Queen of Scots. Elizabeth held Maryprisoner for 20 years before finally signingthe death warrant in 1587. This was just the excuse that Philip of Spain neededas he ordered his vast fleet to set sail andinvade England.
It was to be Elizabeth’s finest hour. Shestood with her small army at Tilbury ready todie with her devoted troops in defence ofher realm. Her speech to the motley armyis one of the most important speeches inhistory. “...I know I have the body of a weakand feeble woman, but I have the heart of aKing...”
Elizabeth died at 69 years of age, with nooffspring so the Crown passed from theTudors to the Stuart Line, through the sonof her enemy Mary Queen of Scots, granddaughter of Henry VIII’s sister, Margaret.And thus ended the Tudor Age.
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and WarriorQueen
3 nights, 4 days
In a packed, fully escorted 4 day itinerary, we explore Elizabeth’s long life from threeyears old to her death at 69 years of age. Come with us as we travel the length ofEngland and relive the story of the trauma of the execution of her mother, AnneBoleyn, the wounding declaration of bastardy, imprisonment in the Tower of Londonas a young child and then as a traitor in her adulthood. We hear of the hidden abuseat the hands of Thomas Seymour and the perils of trying to stay alive in an era ofintrigue and betrayal.
Then we enter a glorious age when she finally became Queen and the infamous loveaffair that lasted 30 years and still generates interest 500 years later. We look at hertime as an inspiring warrior Queen and a glorious victory over a foreign invader.
We meet in London and travel straight toKenilworth in Warwickshire to wanderthe “glorious pleasure house” of SirRobert Dudley and see the gardens builtsolely to woo Queen Elizabeth, lovinglyrestored by English Heritage. No one butElizabeth and Dudley were allowed to
walk the gardens but one nobleman ofthe time described them in detail in aletter. It is this source which EnglishHeritage have used to research andreconstruct this private area. We spendthe night at an old coaching inn builtaround an oak tree in 1538.
An early start takes us firstly to the site ofElizabeth’s most famous speech “I havethe body of a weak and feeble woman butthe heart of a King”, galvanising thetroops at Tilbury in Essex to take on theSpanish invaders.
We then visit the only castle she had builtto protect England’s shores againstforeign forces at Upnor in Kent beforejourneying to the wonderful PenshurstPlace in Kent. A pivotal property
throughout the Tudor period and usedregularly as a film location, it is here thatwe see the infamous La Volta painting.This painting depicts Elizabeth andDudley in scandalous dancing anddisplayed in the actual room that theevent took place. Penshurst gardens aredelightful.
We travel into London for the night and,in season, see an evening performancein Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
We visit the church in Kenilworth whereElizabeth and Dudley prayed beforetravelling to Warwick to see the LordLeycester Hospital, built by Dudley forElizabeth’s retired soldiers.
We then visit Dudley’s tomb which isclose by; an example of Gothicextravaganza - before heading South.
We spend the afternoon at HatfieldHouse, in Hertfordshire, Elizabeth’schildhood home where she sawdesperate unhappiness and glory. If youfeel energetic, you can walk to the spotwhere she was told that she was nowQueen. In the evening we are entertainedwith an Tudor banquet near the Tower ofLondon.
Day 3
Day 4We spend time at the Tower of London,one of the world’s premier touristdestinations and where Elizabeth wasimprisoned once as a young girl whenshe first met Dudley and again as a traitor
when her sister Mary became Queen.Westminster Abbey is our finaldestination where Elizabeth lies in aglorious Gothic tomb alongside her half-sister, Mary Tudor.
EssentialsAll accommodationAll meals & BanquetEntry to 10 historicsitesAll tour travelShakespeare’s Globetheatre
Day 2
Day 1
*All prices shown are per person assuming two people share a room. Single supplements apply.from £879 pp*
As well as spending time in the importanthouse at Penshurst in Kent, we can meetwith our experts in Tudor life. Here,numbers permitting, we experience forourselves the land craft needed to eat,live, fight and be merry in Tudor England,expertly supported by our colleaguesfrom “Hands on History”.
Following that we travel through the areaknown as the Weald which was themedieval industrial heartland for firingthe iron cannons used for Henry’sarmament build-up, now it is a green and
open land. On to the ancient county townof Lewes in Sussex where we see forourselves the havoc wrought by thedissolution.
This medieval town is the location ofAnne of Cleves House, Lewes Prioryruins and site of religious martydom. Afew miles from Lewes we also visit FirlePlace, home of the the Gage family. Oneancestor was the Constable of the Towerof London and responsible for organisingthe execution of Catherine Howard.
Day 3
Day 1
This intensive 5 night/six-day fully escorted tour follows Henry as he prepares to defendEngland against the European forces who see his divorce from Catherine as the perfectexcuse to invade. The father of the Royal Navy and instigator of the largest civilengineering building programme of the century, this tour explores mighty fortressEngland and the love that led to the call to war.
We start our story at the home of the family who provided the spark to an explosivedesire that led Henry to declare his repudiation of the Catholic faith and a lifetime ofthreats against his kingdom. We then travel through an area known as the Garden ofEngland to inspect three of Henry’s coastal defences before experiencing for ourselvesthe land craft needed to survive in Tudor times. We journey through the landscape thatprovided the iron for his cannon and the vast oak forests needed to build his shipsbefore reaching the heart of his emerging Royal Navy. The tour ends with perhaps themost famous palace in the world, Hampton Court Palace and the largest occupiedcastle in Europe, Windsor.
We start our journey deep in the heart ofKent at a delightful old coaching inn forlunch before we travel through Englishcountryside to visit Hever Castle. Thechildhood home of Anne Boleyn and oncea fortified moated manor house. Here we
explore the life of the family who ledHenry’s descent to divorce, dissolutionand the threat of invasion. In thegatehouse there is a display of weaponsand armour of the times. We return to thecoaching inn for the night.
Day 2Up early to travel to the Kent coast for thefirst sight of Henry’s great civilengineering projects and we see Deal,Walmer and the stupendous Dovercastles.
Dea Castle was built in a hurry by Henryin 1540 with stone from a nearbydestroyed Abbey. Deal's Tudor heartbeats loudly, with huge bastions andcannons ready to repel any invaders.Anne of Cleves took her first steps inEngland here before setting off to marrythe King.
Walmer Castle, built by Henry VIII as thethird part of the defences of this stretch of
coastline and modified over the centuriesto become home of the Lord Warden ofthe Cinque Ports.
Dover Castle set on the famous whitecliffs, is one of the premier castles for thedefence of the Realm dating back to theRomans. Henry VIII stayed here regularlywhen supervising the construction of thecoastal defences.
Imagine life as a medieval soldier undersiege as you explore the atmosphericmedieval underground tunnels, see oneof Europe’s best-preserved Romanlighthouses and walk the extensivebattlements.
At Southsea Castle in Portsmouth,Hampshire, we visit another of Henry’sfortifications and stand where Henrystood, viewing the battle and watched asthe Mary Rose, his flagship, foundered inthe Solent with the loss of 800 lives.
A short distance away lies the HistoricRoyal Naval Dockyard where we canrelive that moment at the Mary Rosemuseum and handle artefacts brought upfrom the seabed. The ship itself, in theship hall, is closed whilst a majorrefurbishment is taking place but there isa webcam of the ship itself. Whole forests
were planted and felled to build Henry’swarships and many of them were based atthis dockyard. Centuries of naval historyare on display here with Nelson’s flagshipVictory and other historic naval treasures.
Next it’s to the top of Spinnaker Tower, 570ft high with a panoramic view of thishistoric naval town and finally a heartysupper at a tavern on the mouth of theharbour.
We stay in a seafront hotel in Portsmouthwith a splendid view of the Solent and thefortifications that Henry built.
An early start takes us to Hampton CourtPalace situated on the Thames, 17 milesoutside of central London and arguablyone of the most famous palaces in theworld.
The Palace is vast and has been added toover the centuries yet its Tudor origins arestill clear to see. Many notable featuresinclude the maze, gardens, a Tudor realtennis court and the Chapel Royal used forprayer for over 450 years.
Then we journey to Windsor Castle, thelargest and oldest occupied castle in
Europe and still home to the presentSovereign, Queen Elizabeth II. StGeorge’s Chapel Windsor is the lastresting place of 10 royal Sovereignsincluding Henry VIII and his favourite wifeJane Seymour.
You can attend evensong at the Royalchapel and may well sit alongside thesimple marble slab marking Henry andJane’s graves.
We stay at a marvellous riverside hotel inthe shadow of the ramparts of the Castle.
Day 5
After breakfast transport is arranged toreturn you to a mainline railway station orother hotel destination in London.
The Guards march through Windsor andinto the Tower at 11.00am every other day
during the spring and every day during thesummer apart from Sunday.
You may, if you wish, view this wonderfulspectacle before journeying on.
Day 6
Day 4 Henry VIII:Defender ofthe Realm
5 nights, 6 days
Hotels
The hotels we use on our tours are all character hotels with great charm or historicalimportance. A warm welcome awais you
The Gore, Kensington, London- opulent VictorianaThe Mad Hatters, London – ideal, right by the Thames
The George Stamford, Lincolnshire -from 947 the oldest hotel in EnglandThe Sir Christopher Wrens House, Windsor - historic building
The Mitre Hampton Court - right opposite the PalaceThe Bear, Hungerford – once owned by one of Henry VIII wives
The White Hart, Lewes, East Sussex- full of historyThe Queens Portsmouth -right on the sea front
Milsoms, Kenilworth, Warwickshire – rural idyll built around an Oak tree in 1558The Rose and Crown, Tonbridge, Kent -Tudor coaching Inn
The Dog and Bear, Lenham, Kent – dating from 1602 Coaching InnFrom £1,429 pp*
Our Tudor Women tour embraces the lives of wives, sisters and courtiers in theturbulent Tudor century. Some of the women we meet on our tour were powerful intheir own right. Others held power more discretely. A few were victims of the politicsof the age. All have their own stories to tell.
This packed 7 nights, 8 day fully escorted tour follows the journeys of over a dozeninfluential women of their age. We follow the love lives of Anne Boleyn and herdaughter, Elizabeth. We become embroiled in the intrigue that almost led to Civil Waras Lady Jane Grey vies for the throne as a young teenager. We look at the lives of BessThrockmorton who defied Elizabeth I and was banished from Court and Mary Sidneywho some say wrote Shakespeare’s plays.
This is the first of our journeys around thebeautiful countryside that marks outEngland. We travel south to first visitHever Castle in Kent. A moated manorhouse, this was the home of the Boleynfamily.
So we enter the age of romance andrelive the love story of the age. A storywhich led to divorce, excommunicationand the threat of war. Both of the Boleynsisters were lovers of the King, with onelaying with him whilst married toanother, and the other, Anne, laying withHenry only when she became Queen.
It took Anne seven years to achieve heraim to become Queen and changeforever Henry’s position and the courseof English history.
We next travel to Penshurst Place whichis one of the most important houses inthe Tudor story. Because it has remainedlargely unaltered, it is a favoured filmlocation for period drama. The reason forour visit is to learn of the womenassociated with Penshurst, from Anne ofCleves (who owned Penshurst as part ofher divorce settlement from Henry VIII) toLady Wroth, an acclaimed Tudor poetand Mary Sidney.
Mary was a hot tempered, highlyaccomplished and extremely talentedwoman. For 20 years she ran the mostimportant literary circle in England’shistory and it is her writings upon whichmany of Shakespeare’s works are based.Indeed, there are some who say shewrote the plays. You can decide foryourself.
Day 2
Day 1
Today we leave our hotel in London andtravel north to follow the last years ofCatherine of Aragon. Our first stop isBuckden Towers, a Bishop’s Palace onthe edge of the fens in Cambridgeshire.Catherine lived here before she wasforcibly taken to Kimbolton Castle nearHuntingdon and where she later died.Kimbolton is not generally open to thepublic but a special guided tour has beenarranged by appointment to TudorHistory Tours.
We go next to Peterborough Cathedralwhere Catherine is buried. Centurieslater she is still loved and fresh flowersare always to be found laid on the simplemarble slab marking her last restingplace. Mary Queen of Scots was alsoburied here before being exhumed andre-interred at Westminster Abbey.
To finish the day we spend the night atriverside hotel close by established in 947.
Day 3
We start our tour at 4.00pm when wemeet at a central London hotel. Aftersettling in we will dine at The George, thetavern in London where Shakespearewas known to frequent. Tucked awaybehind the hustle and bustle of centralLondon, this hidden gem of a buildingimmediately evokes the Tudor age andsets the scene for our tour.
You will be able to stand on the balconywhich, and this may or may not be true,gave him the inspiration for his balconyscene in Romeo and Juliet.
We stroll the cobbled streets and find theplace where Henry and his Privy Councilmet to debate the future of CatherineHoward after her arrest for adultery.
Day 5We continue the story of religiouspersecution with a visit Coughton Court,home of Bess Throckmorton. Recentlydiscovered priest holes revealed artefactshidden during that time, amongst them abishop’s Cope believed to have beenworked upon by Catherine of Aragon.Bess was also Queen Elizabeth’s favouritelady-in-waiting until she married SirWalter Raleigh without royal permission.
Then it’s off to Sudeley Castle inGloucestershire, a grand manor house,home and burial place of Catherine Parr,Henry VIII’s last wife. She is the onlyEnglish Queen buried in private grounds.
We stay at an historic inn on the banks ofthe River Dunn, in the thriving markettown of Hungerford, once given to Anne ofCleves as part of her divorce settlement.
Day 8Our last day is at Hatfield House, close toLondon and childhood home of Mary andher sister Elizabeth. Here Elizabeth learntof her accession to the throne and theCecil family are the careful custodians of
many of her letters, paintings andclothing. A glorious estate it provides theperfect end to our tour. We travel back toLondon to arrive by 4.00pm where we take our leave of each
A packed day is spent at Hampton CourtPalace, taken from Thomas Wolsey byHenry for Anne Boleyn. The Tudorbuilding has been wonderfully conserved,a celebration of Henry’s accession to thethrone over 500 years ago. A recentaddition is the wine fountain in the centreof the courtyard, an exact replica of theone seen on the painting of the Field ofthe Cloth of Gold.
Costumed actors perform vignettesthroughout the day and during the seasonthere are special events. We may befortunate to be there when they fire up thehuge kitchens and recreate the meals thatwould have been served during the Tudorperiod or be guests at one of Henry’swedding parties. We finish the eveningat an opulent hotel in London and attenda sumptuous Tudor banquet completewith entertainment.
Day 7
Day 4Today we are able to relive not only thesecond most passionate love affair ofTudor times but begin to look at one of thebloodiest eras of the Tudor age.
After breakfast we travel to Kenilworth,Warwickshire, where we visit KenilworthCastle. You will gaze in wonder at thebeautifully restored privy gardens andmarvel at Robert Dudley’s passion thatmade him spend millions on thisextravagant display of love during the
glorious summer progress of 1575 withElizabeth I.
Next it is off to Baddesley Clinton whereyou can see the contemporary Englishtapestry of that summer progress.
The house dates from the 15th century andwas the home of the Ferrers family for 500years. We start the story of religiouspurges as the Ferrers provided a safehaven for persecuted Catholics.
Day 6 varies depending on whether youtake the April or July tour. In April we visitthe largest castle in England, and stillhome of our monarch, Windsor Castle. StGeorge’s Chapel is the last resting placeof Henry VIII and his favourite wife, JaneSeymour. At 5.30pm you can attendevensong if you wish.
In July we head off to see The Vyne builtin the 15th century for Henry VIII’s LordChamberlain and the “powerhouse” of agreat Tudor courtier. Then to SyonHouse where Catherine Howard wastaken after her arrest in 1542. The nightis spent at a hotel used by Charles IIopposite Hampton Court Palace.
Day 6
Tudor Women
7 nights, 8 days
From £1,979 pp*
Henry VIII was not born to be King yet acceded to the throne before his 18th birthday.History sees Henry as a tyrant and a bully but he was also a builder, philosopher,musician, linguist, Defender of the Faith and international sports superstar of his age.A Renaissance Prince when young, his divorces and subsequent orders to send two ofhis wives to the executioner’s block made him the most notorious King that Englandhas ever witnessed.
This packed 7 nights, 8 day fully escorted tour follows a journey to find the real Henrythrough a Grand Progress of Southern England. We visit his boyhood home to explorethe loving yet intensive upbringing that made him the Renaissance Prince that he was.We see his palaces, castles and inns, sampling the life of Tudor times on the way. Andwe seek out the events that changed him into the bloated tyrant that he became.
We meet at an old coaching inn at mid-day before travelling through the Englishcountryside to the beautiful home of theBoleyn family.
The love story of the age which led todivorce, excommunication and the threatof war is reflected in this moated manorhouse. Both of the Boleyn sisters were
lovers of the King, with one laying withhim whilst married to another, and theother, Anne, laying with Henry only whenshe became Queen.
It took Anne seven years to achieve heraim to become Queen and changeforever Henry’s position and the course ofEnglish history.
So what was he like as a boy? To findout, we travel to Eltham Palace, hisboyhood home. Then onto centralLondon where we change to a ThamesRiver boat to the Tower of London. Wesee Traitor’s Gate as Anne Boleyn andCatherine Howard would have done ontheir way to custody in the Tower.
The Tower of London is over 1,000 yearsold, steeped in the nation’s history andthe scene of some of the bloodiest eventsduring the Tudor period. It is theexecution site of two of Henry VIII’swives, Anne Boleyn and CatherineHoward.
A magnificent exhibition of Henry VIII’ssuit of armour and horse armour are ondisplay in the White Tower, abreathtaking sight.
Afterwards we walk along narrowcobbled London streets to see the GoldenHinde, a full size working replica of SirFrancis Drake’s flagship that sailedaround the world 1577-1580.
After a fish and chip supper at the GeorgeInn, the oldest galleried pub in Londonwhich Shakespeare frequented, we walkjust a few more yards along the Thamesto Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
The season opens on Shakespeare’sbirthday, 23 April, and it is a sheerdelight to see one of Shakespeare's playsperformed in the setting for which it waswritten. Out of season we have a tour ofthe Globe.
Our Hotel for the night is close to theGlobe Theatre along the Thamesriverside walk .
Day 2
Day 1
We leave London to visit Henry’s premierfortress, Dover Castle in Kent. Here heleft England for his glorious trip to Franceand the Field of Cloth of Gold, and laterwatched as construction of his coastaldefences went apace following Henry’sexcommunication. 40 miles inland wefind Leeds Castle, near Maidstone, oftendescribed as the most romantic castle inEngland.
Many visitors are perplexed to find thatLeeds Castle is nowhere near Leeds! Itwas originally a Saxon manor houseEsledes, (pronounced Ez Leedees) andafter the Norman conquest became afortified castle.
Henry VIII regularly stayed here as didCatherine of Aragon.
Day 3
Day 5At Southsea Castle on the city island ofPortsmouth in Hampshire, we stand in thesame place where Henry stood, watchingthe battle as the Mary Rose, his flagship,foundered in the Solent with the loss of800 lives. Only a mile distance away is theHistoric Royal Naval Dockyard where wecan relive that moment at the Mary Rosemuseum and handle artefacts brought upfrom the seabed.
Centuries of naval history are on displayhere with Nelson’s flagship Victory andother historic naval treasures.
Next it’s to the top of Spinnaker Tower, 570ft high with a panoramic view of thishistoric naval town and surrounding sea.We finish with a meal at an old taverndating from 1700 overlooking the mouth ofthis busy harbour.
Day 8The previous evening was a fitting finalefor our Grand Progress. After a leisurelybreakfast we arrange transport back to aLondon mainline railway station orLondon airport if agreed when booking.
For those who have later journeys, we canarrange additional trips to sites in Londonif these have been agreed prior to arrival.
Our last full day is at Hampton CourtPalace, taken from Thomas Wolsey byHenry. The Tudor building has beenwonderfully conserved, a celebration ofHenry’s accession to the throne over 500years ago. A recent addition is the winefountain in the centre of the courtyard, anexact replica of the one seen on thepainting of the Field of the Cloth of Gold.For a small fee you may have the chanceof supping a glass or two.
Costumed actors perform vignettesthroughout the day and during the seasonthere are special events. We may befortunate to be there when they fire up thehuge kitchens and recreate the meals thatwould have been served during the Tudorperiod or be guests at one of Henry’swedding parties. We finish the eveningat an opulent hotel in London and attenda sumptuous Tudor banquet completewith entertainment.
Day 7
Day 4As well as spending time at the importanthouse at Penshurst in Kent, we can meetwith our experts in Tudor life. Here,numbers permitting, we experience forourselves the land craft needed to eat, live,fight and be merry in Tudor England,expertly supported by our colleagues from“Hands on History”.
Penshurst is used regularly as a filmlocation as it is so evocative of the Tudorperiod. Then on to the Sussex county town
of Lewes where we see for ourselves thehavoc wrought by the dissolution.
This medieval town is the location of Anneof Cleves House, Lewes Priory ruins andsite of religious martydom. You shouldhave time to stroll around the steep narrowstreets and soak up the atmosphere of thisancient town. We also visit Firle Place,home of the ancestor who was Constableof the Tower and in charge of the executionof Henry’s fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
It’s an early start as we head off to see thelargest and oldest occupied castle inEurope at Windsor. Still home to ourpresent Sovereign we should arrive to seethe Changing of the Guard and thenspend time in the Glorious StateApartments.
We can visit St George’s Chapel wherewe see Henry’s grave and that of hisbeloved wife Jane Seymour who gavehim a male heir. You may attendevensong in the Chapel if you wish.
We spend the night in a wonderful hotelin the shadow of the castle ramparts.
Day 6
Henry VIII:Finding Henry
7 nights, 8 days
From £1,939 pp*
We take you on an evocative journey to explore the lives of all of Henry’s six wives.Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived. Or even The Betrayed wife,the Temptress, the Good woman, the Ugly sister, the Teenage bad girl and the Motherfigure. All six have a different story to tell.
How did these six different women live and how did they become consorts to the mostnotorious King that England has ever seen? We visit their childhood homes, divorcesettlements and take you on a pilgrimage to their final resting places. This fully guidedtour takes you to the famous sites that should not be missed but also those off thebeaten track. We have specially commissioned private tours and take you to sitesaway from the tourist trail for your own unique insights into their lives.
Hampton Court Palace 17 miles southwest of central London is perhaps themost famous Palace in the Englishspeaking world. It is the only survivingpalace out of the 60 that Henry VIII built orconfiscated. Henry married two of hiswives here and we might even see one of
his wedding days being played out byactors. After time spent exploring thesemagnificent buildings we travel toWindsor where we can attend evensongat St George's Chapel within the walls ofWindsor Castle. Henry VIII and hisfavourite wife, Jane, are buried here.
Day 2
We meet at an old coaching inn situatedin south west London and go to SyonHouse right on the Thames. Originally anAbbey and much favoured by Catherineof Aragon, this house weaves in and outof the Tudor story. This is where the nuns
were chastised by Anne Boleyn for their‘wonton behaviour’. It was the placewhere Catherine Howard was taken afterher arrest and held in custody before herjourney to the Tower of London andexecution.
Day 1
After watching the Changing of the Guardat 11.00am there will be time to wanderaround Windsor and visit the Castle.Windsor Castle is the largest inhabitedcastle in Europe and home of our presentSovereign. There are many exhibitions tosee here and the glorious StateApartments hold many original portraitsof the Tudors. We then travel toHungerford a small Berkshire market
town and stay in an old hotel once givento Anne of Cleves as part of the divorcesettlement.
Nearby is Wolf Hall, childhood home ofJane Seymour. Her father is buried in thelocal Parish Church. Wolf Hall is privatelyowned and not much of the TudorMansion survives.
Day 3
We travel to Sudeley Castle, inGloucestershire. It is a grand manorhouse and the family home of ThomasSeymour, who married Catherine Parr,Henry VIII's last wife, after Henry died.Catherine is buried in a peaceful setting
in St Mary's church within the grounds.We will have a connoisseur tour of thissplendid castle. We travel to CoughtonCourt, home of the Throckmortons. Abishops cope believed to be made byCatherine Of Aragon is on display here.
Day 4
Today we see Buckden Towers, aBishop’s Palace in Cambridgeshire.Here Catherine of Aragon lived beforeshe was forcibly taken to nearby Kimbolton Castle. Kimbolton,where Catherine died, is not generallyopen to the public but a special guided tour for Tudor HistoryTours has been arranged by
After Kimbolton we travel to thewonderful Peterborough Cathedral,where Catherine of Aragon is buried.Even in death Henry was unkind to her:she was buried as Dowager Princess ofWales. Not until the 19th century was amore fitting memorial established. Allwomen called Catherine were asked tomake a donation to pay for it.
Day 5
We remain in the Eastern counties and goto Cambridge to see the Kings CollegeChapel. This building has the largest fanvaulted roof construction still standing inthe world. Two of the wives can be foundhere. Anne Boleyn's initials are carved inthe Provost stall and it has a tantalisingimage of Catherine Howard on a stained
glass window placed here. Her initials arealso to be found high up on the great Eastwindow above the red Dragon of Wales.There will be time to wander around thecentre of Cambridge to view some of theother famous colleges, like QueensCollege which is associated withCatherine of Aragon.
Day 6
We travel south out of London to visitHever Castle in Kent, the childhood homeof Anne Boleyn. Perhaps the mostnotorious woman in English history andresponsible for one of the most famouslove stories in history. Thanks to herinfluence Henry broke from the Catholicchurch and the Reformation followed, aschism that exists to this day.
This is followed by a stop at nearbyPenshurst Place, an important placeduring the Tudor dynasty, given to Anneof Cleves as part of her divorce settlementfrom Henry. Here, group numberspermitting, we will have a re-enactment oflife in Tudor Times. You can experience atypical mid-day meal which would havebeen common in the Tudor period.
Day 8
The medieval county town of Lewes inEast Sussex is our next port of call, wherewe see Anne of Cleve's House. It was alsopart of her divorce settlement from HenryVIII. Close by are the Priory ruins, victimof the Dissolution and particularlysingled out by Henry for destruction.
There will be the opportunity to see othernotable landmarks like the medievalLewes Castle or Southover Grange, builtwith the stones of the Priory and themonument to the Protestant martyrsburnt at the stake by Mary Tudor.
Day 9
We go to Firle Place, ancestral home of SirJohn Gage, Constable of the Tower andresponsible for organising CatherineHoward’s execution. Our final historic siteis Arundel Castle, ancestral home of theHoward family. The 3rd Duke of Norfolkwas uncle to both Catherine Howard and
Anne Boleyn. He was also due to meetthe block but Henry died the night beforeso he kept his head. Arundel is thesecond largest inhabited castle in Britain.To finish off our tour in grand style weattend a sumptuous Tudor banquet inLondon.
Day 10
Day 7We visit the Tower of London, steeped inthe nation's history for 1,000 years. Two ofHenry's queens, Anne Boleyn andCatherine Howard were executed in theTower, interred under the alter of St Peter-ad-Vincula church. There are manyexciting exhibitions in the Tower and wemight even see the trial of Anne Boleyntake place.
Westminster Abbey, the coronation site ofEngland’s Kings and Queens follows. Tenof England’s Royal Sovereigns are buried
here including Elizabeth I and, somewhathard to find, is the tomb of Anne of Cleves.Anne of Cleves was perhaps Henry VIII'sleast favoured wife although she outlivedthem all and a grand funeral took her toher last resting place here at the Abbey.
From 23 April we can see an eveningperformance in Shakespeare's GlobeTheatre. Before then a guided tour of theGlobe will take place. We enjoy a fish andchip supper at the last galleried pub inLondon where Shakespeare met hisfriends and colleagues.
6 Wives ofOne King
10 nights, 11 days
After leisurely breakfast, transport isarranged to mainline London railwaystations or other London destination
hotels. For those whose flights are laterin the day we can arrange other events inLondon if requested in advance.
Day 11From £2,689 pp*
Tudor life starts as soon as you arrive.Your Tudor guides and emissaries willexplain the rules of engagement for theday, whether any royal visitors orvilleins are expected and which Duke’shousehold you are subject to.
Led by our foraging expert, you willhead off into the woods and parklandsof the estate, searching for firewood,herbs and other provisions for lunch.
Our weapons experts will teach youhow to use the famous English longbow
and “shoot” game for lunch. Yourhunting success determines how wellyou eat, as only those who manage tofire their arrows true will be able tobring back the venison or wild boar totheir “household”!
The art of primitive fire-making will betaught as you learn how to use tools ofthe period, flint and steel, char clothsand King Alfred’s cakes, to build andlight your cooking fires.
After lunch you will have a tour of themagnificent Penshurst Place and seefor yourself the 800 year old beams thatgrace the Baron’s Hall where Henry VIIIand Elizabeth I feasted.
Your Tudor guides will then give ademonstration of the arms and armourfrom the Wars of the Roses, through theearly Tudor age to the later Elizabethanperiod and the time of the Armada.
The day will be complete when you haveput on the armour or other periodclothing. Feel for yourself the weight ofthe chain mail and helmet or the coarsecloth of the jerkin against your skin.Hold the swords, pikes and mace,weapons you are only usually able tosee locked in a glass case.
Under our guidance each householdwill prepare a Tudor style outsidehunters' lunch. Using fire baskets yourhousehold will prepare sausages madefrom venison and wild boar to becooked over an open fire using yourown whittled skewers.
Finally, you will bake your trencherbread in our bread oven. The efforts ofyour morning’s foraging will go into thepot, vegetables will be prepared usingauthentic utensils. A sauce or gravy willbe made using small charcoal burnersand clay dishes.
The Day
All visitors will relive a day in the life ofa Tudor subject. Without the benefit ofmodern technology, they willexperience for themselves the sights,touch, taste and smells of TudorEngland as they hunt for supplies, learnthe secrets of survival and cook theirown fare. All subjects learn howweapons were used and battles werefought.
The day takes place at the atmosphericmedieval estate of Penshurst Placesituated in the beautiful the Weald ofKent. Subjects will be taken to searchthe woods and fields and gain the
hands-on practical experience of livingin a Tudor community.
All subjects will be taken on a tour ofthe glorious manor house that isPenshurst Place and the stunningBaron’s Hall built in 1341 as a countryretreat for the Lord Mayor of London. Itwas then claimed by by Henry VIII afterhe had the owner executed for treason,before it became the home of theSidney family in 1552 and in whosehands it remains.
Penshurst has received many royalvisitors both real and on the screen,and as loyal subjects you will be able todon costumes and armour of theperiod, handle the weapons and findout how warfare changed from arrowsto muskets in just 100 years.
packed day, for corporate orstudent groups, guided byfully trained experts.
The Morning
Lunch
The Afternoon
*Adult price quoted for a group of36. Prices vary depending on sizeof group. Student rates available.
From £73 pp*
Galliarde can cater for small family groups or individuals and provide a unique tour to suit any requirements ordesign an independent itinerary. Our speciality is the Tudor period where we can organise any tour or evendays out of London that will satisfy everyone in the family. We can also visit any historic period right back tobefore the Romans were in Britain. Here’s just a few for you.
Not for the faint hearted, this is a great way to see the English countryside and ancient sights over 5,000 years old. Startingout from London it’s off to White Horse Hill in Oxfordshire, the first primitive chalk figure carved on a hillside in England.From there to the famous World Heritage site of Stonehenge. Nearby the larger Avebury Ring where you can walk right upto the standing stones. Along the way we see Silbury Hill the largest Neolithic man-made mound in the world and as largeas some of the Pyramids in Egypt. From there we travel to the Roman city of Aque Sulis and see the Roman Baths andTemple of Minerva in the beautiful Georgian city of Bath and then back to London.
5,000 years in 1 day
We follow King Charles II flight for his life after the disaster of the Battle of Worcester in 1651, sparking the largest man huntever. On the run for six weeks, the King evaded Cromwell’s army hiding in fields, barns and with trusted royalist families.He was hidden in priest holes of houses when the troops were outside the very gates. Taking many disguises such as aservant and even a woman, he was always one step ahead of his pursuers. He hid in the famous Royal Oak when troopspassed by right underneath him and finally rowed out to a French ship from Brighton beach.
The Great Escape
For those who have other interests how about ...
- Canterbury, Rochester, Chichester, Winchester,Salisbury, Wells, Gloucester, Peterborough, Norwich and St Paul’s.
- explore the origins and planning which led to the plot to blowup Parliament with the King and his ministers inside in 1605.
Our alumni serviceudor History Tours can provide a detailed itinerary for select clubs, corporate clients or societies who arelooking for a special and memorable tour experience. We can provide all the resources needed to ensure thatyour group will have a tour that will live long in the memory. We can help plan that special tour whatever thehistoric period you are interested in. We can also provide historical tours for student groups interested in ahands on experience of history. Students can find out for themselves what it was like not only to live in Castles
what a hard life it was for the common folk.
British WeatherWhen you’ve spent some time in England then you can understand why we talk so muchabout the weather. It is predictable in its unpredictability! There can still be frostsovernight during April and rain is possible at any time during the year. We would suggestpacking a few light jumpers or sweaters and before you come check the 5-day weatherforecast on www.bbc.co.uk. If you email us a couple of days before you travel we can alsotell you the latest weather forecast - although we can’t guarantee its accuracy!
Please only bring one case and a day-pack if you want one. There will be limited room inthe transport for luggage and you will have to carry it to your room at the hotel as some ofthe coaching inns do not offer portage. Our hotels are usually very old with narrow stairsand no lift so for your sake, the lighter the better!
Luggage
We would recommend that you have comfortable clothing that you can wear in layers totake into account our changeable weather! For the evening most of the hotels andrestaurants are informal but the last night of the tour you may want to dress up a bit. Someof our hotels have spas so bring your swimming costume if you want to.
We will be doing a lot of walking and climbing up and down stairs and stone spiralstaircases. Walking boots will not be necessary but a comfortable pair of walking shoes ortrainers are a good idea.
Clothing and footwear
Most people rely on credit or debit cards. It’s wise to bring a small amount of cash withyou though if you are coming from overseas so ask for £5, £10 or £20 pound notes. Thereare ATMs, (hole in the wall, cashpoint machines) in all towns so it will be easy to get extramoney when you need it. Just check with your bank that your cash card is registered towork in England. Tipping is not obligatory but if you’ve had good service then by all meansleave a tip. There is no hard and fast rule as to how much and we can advise you whenyou’re here.
Money and tipping
This is an active holiday so please make sure you are fit and well to be able to enjoy it to thefull. Try walking a couple of miles each day before you come, and go up and down stairsregularly rather than take a lift or escalator. Castles have lots of steps! Remember to bringany medication you need. Non-prescription medication such as headache or pain tablets,cold remedies, creams etc can easily be bought over the counter and are inexpensive.
We hope that no one will fall ill but just in case you do, make sure your travel healthinsurance is up-to-date. We will do our very best to make sure you get the best careavailable should anything happen.
Health
Eating and drinking
Breakfast will be provided at the hotels and all evening meals are included in the tour. Eachstop will have a different style of cuisine, such as Greek, Italian, Indian, Chinese or atraditional fish and chip supper. Some tours have a Tudor banquet. Drinks are notincluded at mealtimes. A lunchtime snack costs about £3 for a sandwich, £1.30 for a canof soft drink. A pint of beer is about £3 and a glass of wine about £4.
We hope you enjoyed looking through our Grand Progress Programme for 2012. We havecertainly enjoyed planning the fully guided tours that make up this season’s compilation.There is a world-wide fascination with the Tudors and our aim is to bring this period to life.to take it beyond the history books, films and TV programmes. Tudor History Tours will takeyou on a magnificent journey, following the lives and standing in the footsteps of royalty,nobility and commoner alike.
It is not enough to read historical accounts or be a passive bystander watching stories onthe screen. Touch the individually hand made red bricks, follow the progress of soot in theenormous kitchen fireplaces. Run your hand along a 600 year old oak beam, stand on awindswept rampart and watch the seas roll in at your feet. Smell the perfume of a Tudorgarden, feast on a banquet or a forest stew. Then you truly begin to imagine how the Tudorslived, loved and died. At the end of the day you have the luxury of sharing your experienceswith like-minded companions over your evening meal or at the bar.
We hope that you will find our small group ethos appealing and appreciate the many benefitsthis provides: personal attention both during your tour and in all your dealings with us. thepersonal time with your travel guide, less time spent waiting for others and hotels withcharacter and charm. In order to achieve this our groups will not be more than 16 peopleunless as a whole group, you have commissioned a specialist tour.
We have arranged the tours to suit acombination of interests and availability. Ifyou wish to combine tours you may do so.You may be a member of a larger group thatwish to visit particular sites, or concentrateon a particular theme. In that case, we cantailor make a tour for your group to suit yourbudget. Just get in touch and we can startputting a programme together.
A considerable amount of effort has goneinto identifying suitable accommodation foreach tour. We want your stay to becomfortable and have selected a completemixture of 3, 4 or 5 star hotels and family runcoaching inns. They all have been chosenfor their character, charm and location.
We will be able to dine at local restaurantswithin walking distance of the hotel, or at thehotels themselves. Each evening will have adifferent cuisine to cater for all tastes. Forsome tours we will be attending a Tudorbanquet where transport is provided. Thechoice of drinks is an individual one so youwill be able to purchase these yourself. Ifyou have any dietary requirements pleaseget in touch.
We use modern, comfortable transport forall our tours but the specification will bedependent upon group size. The itinerary
has been designed so that the averagejourney time between venues is 1.5 hours soyou spend as little time travelling as possibleand more time at the sites.
We want our tours to be intimateexperiences where all participants get toknow each other and become friends. Forthat reason we restrict the numbers to 16people and there may be as few as 6. Thatway you spend less time waiting for others to catch up and you get a personalservice from your tour guide and driver.Small groups are also more welcome in local restaurants which gives morevariety.
This is an active holiday with lots of walkingand climbing castle steps so please ensure
As you trust us with a considerable amountof money before you get to enjoy yourholiday, financial protection of that money isof paramount importance to Tudor HistoryTours. All client’s monies are placed in asecure account and cannot be accessed bythe company until your holiday has takenplace.
We know that official paperwork can be areal bind but please ensure you haveappropriate travel documentation and travelinsurance before you visit us.
About your holiday
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Tudor History Tours Limited Company Registered inEngland and Wales Number 6872384 . AbridgedTerms and Conditions of Business. For full Termsand Conditions see www.tudorhistorytours.com
Tours numbers can vary and are limited to no morethan 16 persons except in the event of a specialgroup tour.
Tour costs include: transportation costs from andback to the agent’s agreed location with transfersto and from the nearest railway station at thebeginning and end of the tour respectively. Asupplement will apply if the transfer is to and fromHeathrow or Gatwick airports. Transfer costs toand from the start and end point of the 3-night tourare not included.
Bed and breakfast accommodation, all eveningmeals and organised lunch as per the individualtour details is included. Entrance fees to all historicsites and attractions as listed on the tour. Entrancefees to any additional attractions and performancesare not included. Inclusive of UK applied taxes andVAT applicable at the time of booking.
We will always endeavour to keep to the tourschedule, but unforeseen circumstances can affectthe itinerary. Whilst Tudor History Tours cannot beheld responsible for any such events, we will makeevery effort to provide substitutes wheneverpossible at no extra cost.
You must contact us before booking if there are anydisability, mobility or special needs requirements asnot all tours may be suitable.
All bookings require a minimum of 10% deposit attime of booking with full payment 8 weeks beforethe start date of the tour. All payments can be madeon line by credit card or £GB cheque or directmoney transfer.
Your Holiday Contract is with Tudor History ToursLimited. Company Registration Number 6872384whose Trading office is at Unit F, Enterprise Centre,Station Parade, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN212BD, England, United Kingdom, who operate thetours featured in this brochure. These BookingTerms and Conditions set out the terms on whichyou contract with us.
You must be at least 18 years of age to book a tour.Please contact us before making a group booking.Arrival/departure times at UK entry points or railwaystation must enable sufficient time for transfer tothe tour start and end points or you may be liable forany additional costs which may be incurred. It isyour responsibility to ensure that you have all therelevant travel documents in place before you, ormembers of your group, start your holiday.
All tours must be paid for in full no later than 8weeks prior to the date the tour commences. Allbookings made within 8 weeks of departure must bepaid in full at the time of booking. If you do not paythe full cost within 8 weeks of the tour date wereserve the right to treat your booking as acancellation and the cancellation charges belowwill apply. No reminders or statements will be sent.
Tudor History Tours operate a protected ClientsTrust account with Natwest Bank, This guaranteesthe security of any monies paid for tours. Moniesare only released after the tour is completed. Thisis a requirement of The Package Travel, PackageHolidays and Package Tours Regulations 1992.
We reserve the right to notify you of any priceincrease before accepting your booking. After this a
surcharge will only be levied for variations intransportation costs, including the cost of fuel,taxes or fees chargeable for services, the exchangerate applied to the particular package or if the UK orOverseas Government or Regulatory Bodyintroduce or increase taxes.
We will make every effort to assist you if you wish toalter your arrangements. Requests for anamendment or cancellation must be made inwriting via our website www.tudorhistorytours.comemail: [email protected] by fax on + 44(0)1323 647006 or by post at Unit F, EnterpriseCentre, Station Parade, Eastbourne, East SussexBN21 1BD England. An administration fee of £50may be payable but this will be confirmed with you.
All cancellations must be advised in writing andsigned by the signatory of the booking form.Cancellations are effective on the day they are sentto us and we will require evidence of posting. Thefollowing cancellation charges apply , assuming thecooling off period has passed:
* More than 56 days Deposit only* 55-43 days 50% of tour cost* 42 days or less 100% of tour cost
You can transfer the booking to another person ifthey satisfy the conditions applicable to thepackage and you give at least seven days writtennotice. If at any time during your holiday, youchoose to terminate your holiday of your ownvolition, Tudor History Tours will not be liable for anyadditional expenses incurred and no refunds will begiven.
Occasionally we have to make changes. Whilst wealways try to avoid this we reserve the right to do so.We will only cancel your confirmed booking 8 weeksor less before the tour commences where you havefailed to comply with any of these bookingconditions or where we are forced to do so as aresult of circumstances outside of our control.Minimum tour numbers apply and If Tudor HistoryTours has to make a major change or cancel theholiday after it has been confirmed but before thestart date of the tour, you will have the choice ofaccepting the cancellation or changedarrangements, or taking another available holidaywith the Company (if it is more expensive you mustpay the difference but if it is cheaper we will makean appropriate refund) or (in the case of a majorchange) cancelling the holiday and receiving arefund minus the card fee.
Most changes will be minor. A significant change isone, which materially alters your tour. If asignificant change is to be made, we will try toinform you as soon as is reasonably practicable. Inthe event of a significant change occurring withinfour weeks of your departure date, we will, ifpossible, offer alternative arrangements or make arefund to you. Compensation will not be payableand no liability beyond offering the above choicecan be accepted where we are forced to make achange or cancel as a result of unusual andunforseeable circumstances beyond our control,the consequences of which we could not haveavoided even with all due care. No compensationwill be payable if we cancel as a result of your failureto comply with any requirement of these bookingconditions.
Accommodation in the UK varies and our range ofhotels runs from 5 star establishments to homely,family-run hotels. Hotel grading and classificationsystems vary widely throughout the UK so we adviseyou to look upon them merely as a general guide.
We do not accept liability for any loss, damage orexpense arising from a change or cancellation to
your tour which occurs as a result of unusual orunforeseeable circumstances beyond our control,the consequences of which could not have beenavoided with all due care. We do not acceptresponsibility for you if you contravene any law orregulation of any of the attractions visited duringyour tour.
This is an active tour and you should be fit enoughfor continuous walking and climbing many stairs.Any clients with mobility restrictions must contactus before booking.
It is a condition of participation that you agree toaccept our authority and decisions whilst on tour. Ifyou, or a member of your party, are persistentlydisruptive we have the right to terminate thecontract forthwith and will have no furtherobligations of liability to you.
NB: You are responsible for ensuring that you are atthe correct pick up point, on time, throughout theholiday. Failure to do so may result in you beingcharged for any additional expenses incurred byTudor History Tours to continue the tour.
Your suitcase should weigh no more than 18kilograms (or 39 pounds) and should be kept to amedium sized one. You must ensure that anyluggage can be carried by you to your rooms.
We accept responsibility for ensuring that your touris as described in our brochure (subject to anysignificant changes) and the services offered reacha reasonable standard.
We accept responsibility for personal injury or deathcaused by the proven negligence of our employees,agents, suppliers or sub-contractors acting withinthe course of the employment and scope of theirauthority. We do not accept responsibility where thefailure to perform or improper performance was dueto your own acts or omissions or the fault of anymember included in your booking; acts of a thirdparty or an event which neither we nor the supplierof the service(s) could have foreseen or avoidedeven with all due care. We cannot accept liabilityfor transport delays, howsoever caused. TudorHistory Tours will attempt to minimise anyinconvenience but we cannot be financially liableshould such occur.
In the event that you experience any problems withyour holiday you MUST advise our tour leader so wecan try to resolve the problem at once. If theproblem cannot be resolved, please complete acomplaint form. You must advise us in writing ofany complaint within twenty-eight days of the end ofthe tour. In the event of any dispute arising betweenus, the dispute will be governed by the laws ofEngland & Wales under the exclusive jurisdiction ofthe English courts.
You and all members of your party must obtaintravel insurance of adequate cover and must provideus with full details of your insurer at the time ofbooking. We do not accept responsibility for any lossor expense arising from your failure to secureadequate insurance cover.
We endeavour to ensure the details of the tours onour programme are accurate at the time of printing.Unfortunately, there may be times when anadvertised facility is modified or not available. Wereserve the right to alter or vary the contents of theprogram at any time before we enter into a contract.This programme and prices are valid between the 30September 2010 and 30th September 2011.
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