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autumn / winter 2017 December 19 Tour Help us reawaken

Hampton Court Palace the dragons of 6 Chief Executive 11.00 Christmas Drinks Join Royal Collection We are seeking supporters to help us to recreate one of Patron Events

The Tower of Club: Superintendent, Christopher the most stunning original features of the Great Pagoda: The Keys Stevens, in the stores at its flight of 80 dragons. 18.30 as he prepares a number of key Our ambition is to recreate and like Chambers’ original vision for the Join new Chief Executive, pieces for the forthcoming reinstate the dragons in time for the Great Pagoda can be restored John Barnes, for his first Royal Academy of reopening of the Great Pagoda in and maintained. Christmas drinks in the unique exhibition ‘Charles I: King 2018. Expert research has created an surroundings of the newly and Collector’. authentic design and the dragons will We invite you to support the refurbished be manufactured using a combination production of one of these dragons Club: The Keys. Only accessible of traditional craftsmanship and the and help us to restore the Great to invited guests latest technology. Pagoda, a landmark in the capital boasts an array of Beefeater and one of the greatest examples of The eight dragons on the lowest level Chinese-inspired design anywhere memorabilia, including plaques We you enjoyed the last six representing the regiments from of the building will be hand carved by in the world. months of exciting patron events. which each Yeoman Warder has master carpenters. The dragons for come from and silver tankards the remaining storeys will be made Dragon sponsorship starts from Here are just a few highlights! recalling a little known from carbon fibre, manufactured £1,000 with all donors receiving Beefeater ceremony. using precision laser sintering, and acknowledgment at the Great Pagoda Keeping in touch will be almost completely immune and an invitation to the very special from decay. The use of these opening event. We are always keen to hear your materials and technologies means feedback on ’ that, for the first time, something Get in touch to find out more! patron scheme. If you have any suggestions for future events we would be delighted to hear from you. Key If you have any friends who might be interested in joining Historic Royal Kitchens & Cellars (£500+) Palaces’ patron scheme please let us know, as we would be happy to Courtyards & Cloisters invite them to an event or to send (£1,000+) out further information. Front: The Great Pagoda at Kew at Pagoda Great The Front: Great Hall (£2,500+) Please get in touch on 020 3166 6366 or email [email protected] Great Watching Chamber (£5,000+) All patron events can be booked by calling the exclusive patrons’ booking line on 020 3166 6366. The line is open Monday - Friday between 9.00 and 17.00. September 14 Kew Pagoda 27 Grocers’ Hall Tour October 17 Royal School 24 Poster Girls November 15 Dressing the Queen Scaffold Tour of Needlework Princes Street, Hampton Court Palace 12 Privy Council Dinner Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew EC2R 8AD 6 Hampton Court Palace Piazza, 7 Conservation 15.00 10.30 15.00 14.00 – 16.00 WC2E 7BB Studio Visit: Queen Hampton Court Palace King Charles Street, £22 18.30 Caroline’s State Bed Come for an exclusive peak 18.30 - 22.30 A unique opportunity to Step behind the scenes and SW1A 2AQ inside the wardrobe of £100 wear a hard hat, climb the explore the home of the 11.00 Discover more about the Enjoy a private tour of London Hampton Court Palace Elizabeth I. Join period costume exterior scaffold and get up Grocers’, one of the Great fascinating history of the Transport Museum’s major 14.00 experts as they explain the layers of Elizabethan clothing This year’s annual black tie close to the fabric of William Livery Companies of the Join us for a private tour of the Royal School of Needlework, exhibition of the year, Poster as well as talking through the hosted dinner will Chambers Great Pagoda at City of London. The Princes Churchill War Rooms, where based at Hampton Court, Girls. Mike Walton, Creative Completed in 1715 for research, design and making take place in Henry VIII’s Kew. Discover more about Street site has been home you will experience what it with an illustrated lecture Consultant, will talk about the George Prince of Wales process for one of their biggest atmospheric kitchens and our fascinating conservation to the Worshipful Company was like to work beneath the from Curator and RSN Chief affect female artists have had (later George III) and his commissions yet, recreating the William III’s magnificent Guard project to restore the Great of Grocers since 1426 heart of during Executive, Susan Kay-William. on London Transport’s design wife , famous Ditchley Portrait Dress Chamber. Join our expert Pagoda to its 18th-century although the present hall, . Walk in Churchill’s As well as having unique community and the wider world this magnificent state for Historic Royal Palaces. as we journey between glory. Hear directly from the their fifth, was opened in footsteps through the access to the RSN’s handling over the past 100 years. bed was made for their the Tudor and Baroque sides of curators and project 1970 following a disastrous atmospheric corridors and Collection you will also be Key artists featured in the occupation of Hampton Hampton Court and learn more team involved. fire which destroyed their learn about the big decisions taken on a tour of the new exhibition include: Dora Batty Court and has remained at about performance at Victorian premises in 1965. made in this iconic site as exhibition ‘Embellishment and Dame . the Palace ever since. the Palace. *Please note there are 17 levels to Led by the Hall’s historian Churchill and his inner circle in Fashion’, which captures Join our conservation team the scaffold and individuals will this is a unique chance to plotted the route to the style and versatility of for a look behind the scenes need to wear protective clothing find out more about the Allied victory. embroidery and embellishment in their studios as they including boots, high visibility history and heritage of a from the 18th to the begin treatment work on jackets, hats and gloves - all of Company that dates back During our visit you will go 20th centuries. the crimson silk damask which will be provided! to 1126. behind the glass to visit areas upper valances. not normally accessible to * includes refreshments the public, including the Map Room where Churchill and his met, which has remained exactly as it was left on the day the lights were switched off in 1945.