Tracy Borman OBE
@TracyBorman
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Historian, author and Lincolnshire-lass-turned-Londoner. Chancellor of Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln. All views my own
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Love this: Henry VIII's wives if they'd never met him 😁
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It was very poignant to see the red roses laid on Anne Boleyn’s memorial in the Tower chapel this morning. They have been delivered on the anniversary of her execution every year since the 1840s and to this day nobody knows who sends them
@HRP_palaces
@TowerOfLondon
#anneboleyn
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I am thrilled and honoured beyond words to have been awarded an OBE for services to heritage in HM The King’s Birthday Honours 2024
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Before…and after. That’s the last time I encroach on Poppy’s turf 😬
@ravenmaster1
@HRP_palaces
@TowerOfLondon
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Can’t stop gazing at the newly conserved painting of Anne of Cleves, my favourite of the six queens. It’s just exquisite 🤩🤩
@museumLouvre
#AnneofCleves
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Going through some letters in
@britishlibrary
and came across this. Definitely a shivers down the spine moment 🤩
#ElizabethI
#Tudors
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Every New Year, Elizabeth I would receive well over 1,000 gifts - and, unlike me, it wasn’t even her birthday 🎂Happy New Year everyone 🥳
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It’s a pinch-me moment to be giving a talk about Anne Boleyn and her daughter in the Great Hall at Hampton Court, which was decorated in her honour
@HRP_palaces
#QueensReadingRoomFestival
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Just an average Thursday evening, hanging out with
@TomHolland1996
All for an incredible cause
@Tbrotherstrust
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Today is one of the most important dates in history: the anniversary of Anne Boleyn’s execution. I took this photo on the last day of filming a new documentary all about it. Coming soon!
@channel5_tv
@HRP_PressOffice
#anneboleyn
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Still pinching myself that I got to hold this incredible find at
@britishmuseum
earlier 🤩🤩🤩
#henryviii
#katherineofaragon
#jewellery
#Tudor
#gold
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I am EXTREMELY excited to announce that my new series, The Fall of Anne Boleyn, will air on three consecutive nights from 24 November at 9pm on Channel 5
@channel5_tv
@LionTelevision
@HRP_PressOffice
@H_forHistory
@TheSohoAgencyUK
@Society_Anne
@AnneBoleynFiles
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Officially a career highlight: getting to try on Elizabeth’s crown
@hevercastle
(I promise
@DrOwenEmmerson
let me do this) 🤩🤩🤩👑👑👑
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STOP PRESS!! The mystery of the Princes in the Tower has been solved by my 8 year old, who revealed this morning: 'Richard III didn't kill his nephews. He probably just grounded them and forgot to let them out.' So there you have it
@HRP_learning
@HRP_palaces
@TowerOfLondon
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Don’t miss The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence, tonight at 8pm on
@Channel4
I hugely enjoyed showing the brilliant Rob Rinder where the mystery unfolded
@TowerOfLondon
@HRP_palaces
@HRP_PressOffice
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It was 9° in my office today. No wonder those Tudors liked an open fire 🥶🥶🥶
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Note to self: never leave your laptop unattended when your ten-year-old is in the room.
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I’ve been BURSTING to share this.
@hevercastle
has loaned us Anne Boleyn’s Book of Hours, which is now on display alongside her daughter’s prayer book in the Holy Day Closet at
#HamptonCourt
@HRP_palaces
Huge thanks to
@kateemccaffrey
@DrOwenEmmerson
& Revd Canon Anthony Howe
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Extremely honoured to have been installed as Chancellor of
@BGULincoln
in the awe-inspiring
@LincsCathedral
this afternoon
@thelincolnite
@visitlincoln
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Thanks so much for all the lovely birthday wishes. And here’s proof that you’re never too old for a Colin the Caterpillar cake 🎂
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After a much-needed haircut, Cromwell now has a permanent look of surprise 🐶✂️
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I am extremely excited to announce the release of my new non-fiction book on 19 May (fittingly) 2023
@HodderBooks
@TheSohoAgencyUK
#anneboleyn
#elizabethi
#tudors
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I was utterly starstruck by the dazzling collection of treasures in this new exhibition. This is the Tudors as you’ve never seen them before 🤩
@metmuseum
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It really is the most incredible discovery. I can’t believe it’s been hidden in plain sight all this time. Huge congratulations to the brilliant team at
@hevercastle
We’ve found the Book of Hours captured by Holbein in his famous portrait of
#ThomasCromwell
! Cromwell’s book is one of the few objects depicted in a Tudor portrait to survive.
@TracyBorman
has dubbed it “the most exciting Cromwell discovery in a generation - if not more.”
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Absolutely love this painting my 14 year old did for my birthday, featuring two of my favourite things: robins and
@LincsCathedral
🤩🤩
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Don’t tell anyone but I’ve got to the Great Hall to myself 🤫
@HRP_palaces
#hamptoncourt
#henryviii
#Tudors
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Happy New Year! And Happy Half Century to me (with thanks to
@tommyhashbrown
for the brilliant card)
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I think this is what’s known as a ‘pinch me’ moment. Thank you so much
@DrOwenEmmerson
@kateemccaffrey
@Alipalmer1979
for letting me get up close and personal with Cromwell’s newly-discovered book 🤩🤩🤩
@hevercastle
#ThomasCromwell
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Of all my happy memories at
@HRP_palaces
this has to be the most treasured: my daughter presenting the Duchess of Cambridge with some flowers at the opening of the
#MagicGarden
#HamptonCourt
5 years ago today
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It has taken me a while to visit the newly refurbished
@NPGLondon
but this portrait alone made it worth the wait
#ElizabethI
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Proof that eating your sandwiches in full view of the ravens is a really bad idea
@TowerOfLondon
@HRP_palaces
@ravenmaster1
🥪
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Disaster! I’ve just decorated my tree and one of the six wives has gone missing since last year…worse still, it’s
#AnneBoleyn
😱👑
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Arrived at
#HamptonCourt
to find this lovely surprise, courtesy of my colleague (and fellow OBE)
@Lucy_Worsley
I suppose I should share it with the team…🍰
@HRP_palaces
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I can’t tell you what a complete honour and joy it is that you created this for me. To see myself as a Tudor is just incredible and such an inspiration. I’ll never be able to thank you enough. Master Holbein himself would have been proud 🙏🤩
Celebrating The Royal Collection Trust's exhibit, "Holbein at the Tudor Court" at Buckingham Palace. See the short where I re-work my portrrait of Tracy Borman & full interview with the time lapse drawing on my YT Channel "Holbein & History.” Next episode out this month !
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An unforgettable evening on board
@britanniayacht
to round off a truly wonderful Scottish tour. Thank you so much
@AlisonWeirBooks
for having me (and
@NicolaTallis
for the photo!) 🏴
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Calling all Tudor fans! I was the historical adviser and an on screen contributor for this utterly addictive new
@netflix
series, beginning 23 Nov. This is Anne Boleyn as you’ve never seen her before…
@TheSohoAgencyUK
@DrOwenEmmerson
#anneboleyn
#henryviii
#tudors
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I had a long list of things to do before Christmas. Breaking my wrist wasn’t one of them ☹️
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A fresh snowfall overnight has transformed Central Park into a winter wonderland ❄️
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The proofs have arrived, just in time for Christmas!🤩🎄Thank you so much
@HodderBooks
@morleyalice
#anneboleyn
#elizabethi
@TheSohoAgencyUK
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I’m in St Thomas’s Tower (aka Traitors’ Gate)…alone…at night…and not at all scared 😱
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@HRP_palaces
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The incredibly talented young historian and, surely, future
@BritishBakeOff
winner
@Aaliyahmozzey
created this stunning showstopper of a cake, inspired by my book on
#AnneBoleyn
and
#ElizabethI
I am in absolute awe 🤩🤩🤩
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Our strict standards of authenticity at
@TowerOfLondon
even apply to delivery vans
@HRP_PressOffice
@HRP_palaces
@HodderBooks
#TowerofLondon
#AnneBoleyn
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(2/2)….Seeing the bag which Sir Walter Raleigh’s grief-stricken widow carried his head around in for years after his execution 🪓😱
@WHorsleyPlace
@gfordbookfest
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Henry’s place is looking particularly splendid in the sunshine today 🌞
@HRP_palaces
#hamptoncourt
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Hugely privileged to be invited by St John Baptist, Cirencester, to get up close and personal with their exquisite Anne Boleyn cup today
#anneboleyn
#elizabethi
@CirencesterVIC
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It's been so difficult keeping this under my hat! It promises to be an explosive evening 🧨🧨🧨
The Gunpowder Plot: Countdown to Treason is Wednesday 1st November at 9pm on
@channel5_tv
with
@xandvt
and
@TracyBorman
, join them as they uncover the real story.
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Felt very on brand when paying homage to this iconic portrait at
@RMGreenwich
yesterday 👜🤩👑
#ElizabethI
#Armada
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The sun is out and so is my new book! 🎉🎉🎉
@HodderBooks
@HampCourtPal
@HRP_palaces
@TheSohoAgencyUK
@BeccaCMundy
#anneboleyn
#eliizabethi
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As of today, in honour of the 500th anniversary of Anne Boleyn's first appearance at court, this incredible discovery will go on display at the Great Hall at Hampton Court, where it was likely made for
@HRP_palaces
#AnneBoleyn
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I took some time off to write but have ended up sick in bed for most of it. Having this lovely girl for company helps, though 🤧🐱
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She’s back! She had been put in the wrong box (no pun intended). I’ve gone all out this year and bought her pendant decoration too, courtesy of
@HRP_Shop
🤩
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Just finished an afternoon’s filming at
@TowerOfLondon
wearing a jumper, jeans and boots for continuity. Fittingly, the subject was torture 🥵🥵🥵
@HRP_PressOffice
@Thefry
@LionTelevision
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Doing a spot of filming about
#anneboleyn
in the Great Hall. When choosing what to wear, I had a line from
@sixthemusical
going round my head: ‘My sleeves may be green but my lipstick’s red’
@HRP_palaces
#hamptoncourt
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First day of writing the new book, which means that by the end of it: 1. My house will be spotlessly clean 2. My laundry bin will be empty 3. My paperclips will be neatly arranged in rainbow order
@HodderBooks
@HodderFiction
@TheSohoAgencyUK
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Hampton Court is looking particularly glorious at the moment, thanks to the annual Tulip Festival 🌷 😍
@HRP_palaces
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I loved contributing to this fabulous new
@HRP_palaces
book, which rightly gives centre stage to the six queens, not that dodgy bloke they married 👑👑👑👑👑👑 Get your copy now via
@HRP_Shop
#sixqueens
#henryviii
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OK, OK, if you will look so damned stunning in the morning sunshine, I have no choice but to take your photo
@TowerOfLondon
@HRP_palaces
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It was honestly one of the greatest thrills of my life to see myself as a Tudor. I will never be able to thank the brilliantly talented Rebecca Monet enough
Rebecca Monet talks with Historian Tracy Borman on “History & Holbein,” an exploration of Holbein’s work coupled with interviews - while Rebecca draws a Holbein-like portrait of her guests,
@bnecklacegirl
@TracyBorman
#Tudors
#Art
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Exciting news! The new series of Hampton Court: Behind Closed Doors begins tomorrow (18 June) at 8pm BST 🤩🤩🤩
@channel5_tv
@HRP_palaces
@HRP_PressOffice
@My5_tv
@LionTelevision
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All six queens visited Hampton Court today, ahead of their special performances there next month. Officially the most fun I’ve EVER had! 👑 👑👑🤩🤩🤩
@sixthemusical
@HRP_palaces
@HRP_PressOffice
#sixthemusical
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#OTD
1603 Elizabeth I died at Richmond, her favourite palace, surrounded by her Boleyn relatives. Her magnificent tomb in
@wabbey
bears a tiny carved falcon, her mother’s emblem. To the very end, she had honoured Anne Boleyn’s memory
@HodderBooks
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Today my book baby ‘Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I: The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History’ is released into the world & I can’t wait for all of you to read it! 📖
Celebrate my publication day with me at
@thestablesmk
where I will be performing tonight. 🎟️
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Huge congratulations to the incomparable
@AlisonWeirBooks
on being awarded an honorary doctorate by
@BGULincoln
today. So richly deserved
@LincsCathedral
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During today’s filming I was misidentified as
@Lucy_Worsley
three times and congratulated on my excellent programmes (I didn’t correct them, obvs)
@HRP_PressOffice
@Thefry
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I have been dying to shout about this!!! Beyond excited to have such a treasure on display at Hampton Court 🤩🤩🤩💍💍💍
🐂 A Boleyn family ring is going on display! 💍 Engraved with a bull's head, this ring is thought to have belonged to Anne Boleyn's family. The bull was likely chosen as a visual pun on the family name which was often spelt 'Bull-en'.
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Today marks 8 years since the reburial of Richard III after his bones were found beneath a car park on the site of the former Grey Friars Priory in Leicester. 👑
Join me on tour to find out more about royal mysteries waiting to be solved! 🎟️
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Calling all history fans! A brilliant new series about some badass queens starts tonight on
@Channel4
There could only be one woman to launch with. It was an unforgettable experience to stand on the spot where she delivered her most famous speech 👑 🤩
#ElizabethI
@woodcutmedia
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Thought I’d share some pics from a sunny Hampton Court today. The only thing missing is a nice chilled glass of Pimms…but then, I am at work 🍸
@HRP_palaces
#hamptoncourt
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Started my day with one of the best views of the palace 🤩
@HampCourtPal
@HRP_palaces
@HRP_PressOffice
@Thefry
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42 monarchs and what feels like as many years later, the book is DONE!!! 🥳👑Now excuse me while I go and lie in a darkened room for several weeks...
@HodderBooks
@TheSohoAgencyUK
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Hands down the best screen portrayal of my favourite queen 👑🤩
Been bingeing
@TheRestHistory
podcast and just listened to episode 39, Elizabeth I. Towards the end (37:10), hosts ask historian and author
@TracyBorman
to nominate her favourite screen Elizabeth:
#MirandaRichardson
's
#Blackadder
Elizabeth, "She absolutely nails it!" 👑
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Dragging three teenagers out of bed at 6.30am so we can visit Pompeii has given me a new insight into just how popular Nero was with his people
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Very proud to receive my long service award from
@HRP_palaces
Here’s to the next 10 years!
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Thrilled and honoured to have been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Already planning my first visit to its wonderful library and archive. Thank you so much
@RoyalHistSoc
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I’m taking it as a good omen that I’ve just finished some last-minute corrections to my new book about Elizabeth I on the anniversary of her birth
@H_forHistory
@HodderBooks
#elizabethi
#anneboleyn
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On this Mother’s Day, I’d like to celebrate one of the most profound mother-daughter relationships of all time. Two months today until UK publication!
@HodderBooks
#anneboleyn
#elizabethi
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The Tower was looking particularly spectacular in the sunshine today 🌞
@TowerOfLondon
@HRP_palaces
#toweroflondon
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I can’t recommend this highly enough. It really opened my eyes to a part of Tudor history that has been almost entirely overlooked until now
@YaleBooks
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Just arrived at my old uni, where I’ll be giving a talk later about how it has inspired my career. Very special to be back
@UniOfHull
@MidHallHull
@HistoryatHull
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5 years ago today
@tommyhashbrown
and I were married at
@ChapelsRoyalHMT
by the wonderful
@rogerhall53
Looking at the photos makes me miss
@TowerOfLondon
even more, but its gates will soon be open again
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A VERY early start here at
@HeathrowAirport
but I think I’ve found the perfect place for coffee ☕️ ✈️
@groveatlantic
@royal_oak_us
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Here’s a festive pic to start the weekend. Taken two frosty nights ago when attending a sublimely beautiful carol service at
@ChapelsRoyalHMT
@TowerOfLondon
@HRP_PressOffice
@HRP_palaces
@rogerhall53
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Having this place to ourselves makes the early start worthwhile 🤩
@UKParliament
@HRP_palaces
@LionTelevision
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What a way to end the week: signing 600 copies of my new book at
@HodderBooks
📚✍️Exciting to think they’re now on their way to bookshops across the UK, ready for publication on 18 May! 🥳
@BeccaCMundy
#anneboleyn
#elizabethi
#tudors
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Think I might start insisting on champagne at every book signing. Thank you so much
@Hatchards
for a wonderful evening 🥂
@HodderBooks
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