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Palace 'ghost' caught on camera
Friday, December 19, 2003 Posted: 1854 GMT ( 2:54 AM HKT)
The ghostly figure appears to be in period dress.
LONDON, England (AP) -- Are there ghostly goings-on at Henry VIII's
palace, or is that hazy image of a fellow in fancy robes just a bit of
Christmas cheer?
Closed-circuit security cameras at Hampton Court Palace, the huge Tudor
castle outside London, seem to have snagged an ethereal visitor. Could it
be a ghost?
"We're baffled too -- it's not a joke, we haven't manufactured it," said
Vikki Wood, a Hampton Court spokeswoman, when asked if the photo the
palace released was a Christmas hoax. "We genuinely don't know who it is
or what it is."
Wood said security guards had seen the figure in closed-circuit television
footage after checking it to see who kept leaving open one of the palace's
fire doors.
In the still photograph, the figure of a man in a robe-like garment is shown
stepping from the shadowy doorway, one arm reaching out for the door
handle.
The area around the man is somewhat blurred, and his face appears
unnaturally white compared with his outstretched hand.
"It was incredibly spooky because the face just didn't look human," said
James Faukes, one of the palace security guards.
"My first reaction was that someone was having a laugh, so I asked my
colleagues to take a look. We spoke to our costumed guides, but they
don't own a costume like that worn by the figure. It is actually quite
unnerving," Faukes said.
The palace, built in 1525 on the River Thames 10 miles west of central
London, is a popular tourist attraction and some of the guides wear
costumes of the Tudor period.
Wood said she was hoping people would come forward with similar stories
and try to explain the figure.
The palace has been the scene of many dramatic royal events, and
already is supposed to have a few ghosts.
King Henry VIII's third wife, Jane Seymour, died there giving birth to a
son, and her ghost is said to walk through one of the cobbled courtyards
carrying a candle.
Her son, Edward, had a nurse called Sibell Penn who was buried in the
palace grounds in 1562. In 1829 her tomb was disturbed by building work,
and around the same time an odd whirring noise began to be heard in the
southwest wing of the palace.
When workmen traced the strange sounds to a brick wall, they uncovered
a small forgotten room containing an old spinning wheel, just like the one
Penn used to use.
Henry's fifth wife, Catherine Howard, condemned for adultery, was held at
the palace under house arrest before her execution at the Tower of
London. An 1897 book about the palace says she was reportedly seen,
dressed in white and floating down one of the galleries uttering unearthly
shrieks.
The palace was once a prison for King Charles I, who later was beheaded,
and then home to his nemesis Oliver Cromwell, who briefly ruled when
Britain was for a short time a republic.
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