Court Quote by Lucy Worsley

It's our job as curators to open up Hampton Court to visitors, and to look after the buildings and collections for the future.

— Lucy Worsley

Most of the version of Tudor history we know is through the eyes of Henry VIII.

— Charlotte Hope

We have far too many Tudors. Henry VIII is far too over-rated. He's become the ultimate brand name, like the Marks & Spencers of…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

One of the great privileges of my job as a curator is occasionally taking people up onto the roof of Hampton Court for a…

— Lucy Worsley

We are not telling Tudor history; we are creating ' Wolf Hall ' from novels, which are already a rereading of Tudor history.

— Damian Lewis

It was slowly beginning to dawn upon Henry that nothing is any fun if you can get as much of it as you want.…

— Roald Dahl

When you look at the history of the monarchy, there's one period that stands out where it is held in universally, awe-inspired reverence and…

— David Starkey

I am Thomas Cromwell in the court of the Tudors.

— Steve Bannon

The day I decided I didn't want to be a 19th-Century European curator, I knew I would never have the experience of people coming…

— Thelma Golden

To look at and properly appreciate the British Museum is the work of a lifetime.

— M. E. W. Sherwood

If there was a little room somewhere in the British Museum that contained only about twenty exhibits and good lighting, easy chairs, and a…

— J. B. Priestley

Keep clear of courts: a homely life transcends The vaunted bliss of monarchs and their friends.

— Horace