Historic Royal Palaces

Historic Royal Palaces

The Great Gate at Hampton Court Palace
Formation 1989
Headquarters Hampton Court Palace
Location
  • United Kingdom
Region served
England and Northern Ireland
Membership
80,000 (2015)
Key people
 Rupert Gavin (Chairman)
Michael Day (CEO)
Lucy Worsley (Chief curator)
Tracy Borman (Chief curator)
Main organ
 Board of trustees
Revenue
£92.2 million (2014–15)
Volunteers
300
Website www.hrp.org.uk

Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity that manages some of the United Kingdom's unoccupied royal palaces.[1]

These are:

Historic Royal Palaces was originally set up in 1989 as an executive agency of the Department of the Environment. In 1998 it became an independent charity, which is contracted by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to manage the palaces on behalf of the Queen.[2] It receives no funding from the Government or the Crown, depending on the support of visitors, members, donors, volunteers and sponsors.[3] 4.25 million people visited the palaces in the 2014–15 financial year.

Occupied royal palaces, such as Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, are maintained by the Royal Household Property Section, and some are open to the public.

The organisation is jointly curated by Lucy Worsley and Tracy Borman.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Annual review 2014/15" (PDF). Historic Royal Palaces. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Who we are: History". Historic Royal Palaces. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Charity Commission. Historic Royal Palaces, registered charity no. 1068852.
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