The Screaming Queen (Hampton Court’s Haunted Gallery)
9th October 2025 by | UncategorizedThey say the sound comes first: the rush of skirts, a cry that breaks into pleading. Visitors stand aside as if for someone who will not pass — Catherine Howard running for mercy along the gallery towards the Chapel Royal. Whether footsteps are memory or imagining, the palace acknowledges the tradition; the gallery still carries the name.
Gemma
The Past is never silent
Sources: Historic Royal Palaces (Hampton Court: Haunted Gallery/processional route).
Legend, not verified history.