… by day, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity looking after The Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, the Banqueting House in Whitehall, and Kew Palace in Kew Gardens.

… by night, a writer and presenter, most recently author of Courtiers, The Secret History of Kensington Palace. My last book, Cavalier, was described by the Mail on Sunday as 'astonishing achievement by an immensely talented and innovative historian'.  (Excellent newspaper, that.)

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