Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace Hampton Court Palace is a royal palace in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, south west and upstream of central London on the River Thames. Building of the palace began in 1515 for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, a favourite of King Henry VIII. In 1529, as Wolsey fell from favour, the cardinal gave the palace to the King to check his disgrace; Henry VIII later enlarged it. Along with St James's Palace, it is one of only two surviving palaces out of the many owned by King Henry VIII. In the following century, King William III's massive rebuilding
Hampton Court Palace directed by Fred Zinnemann. It also appeared in the HBO miniseries "John Adams" (2008) where Adams was received by King George III as the first U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St James's. The palace was used in the film "To Kill a King" (2003), "" (2011) and in (2011). The palace also served as a location for the live action film of Disney's "Cinderella" (2015), directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Lily James and Richard Madden. The location was used for a performance of "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" by rock keyboardist Rick Wakeman in 2009. The concert