Learn more about Henry VIII's wives at Henry's Women Weekends

London family vacation

Event: Henry's Women Weekends: Sport for Kings with AnneBoleyn.
Date: August 28th to 30th.
Venue: Hampton Court Palace

Families can learn more about the Tudor period at Henry's WomenWeekends: Sport for Kings with Anne Boleyn.

Holidaymakers on a London family vacation may like to visit theroyal palace and learn more about British history in an interactivemanner.

Over the bank holiday weekend, Henry VIII's second wife AnneBoleyn will be hosting an event that showcases the sports thatmonarchs would have played in the 16th century.

Anne Boleyn, the mother of Elizabeth I, was married to Henrybetween 1533 and 1536 after a long courtship while the king triedto divorce his first wife Katherine of Aragon.

This instigated the Reformation of the English church but Annewas beheaded in 1536 for alleged adultery and witchcraft.

Guests of the queen will be able to watch jousting, tennismatches, falconry and fencing carried out by Tudor knights.

People on a London family vacation may also like to meetthe King in person and explore his world through an interactivedisplay that is being held all summer, which portrays his marriageto Katherine Parr in 1543.

After spending the day at Henry's Women Weekends: Sport forKings with Anne Boleyn, families can retire in style to the fivestar Langham hotel, London.