Richmond Palace Found Beneath Trumpeter's House Lawn - Elizabeth I's Private Rooms

A royal mystery hides under a perfect lawn by the Thames. Time Team has just three days to locate the heart of Richmond Palace. From conflicting maps to razor-sharp geophysics, watch the hunt zero in on the Privy Lodgings where Elizabeth I spent her final days. Tudor bricks emerge, a “ghost” of a wall appears, and a corner tower starts rewriting what we thought we knew. A blue-painted terracotta frieze fragment hints at lost grandeur, while a river find and a puzzling moat alignment raise fresh questions. With local historian John Cloak, palace expert Simon Thurley, and anxious residents looking on, every trench risks the lawn – and the timeline. Do Henry VII’s renovations mask earlier Henry V stonework? Is that narrow wall really a bay of the southern facade? And where exactly was the main entrance across the moat? Dive into the dig that pins down the palace at last, step by careful step. Watch now to see how it all fits together on the very edge of the Thames. #TimeTeam #RichmondPalace #TudorHistory #Archaeology #ElizabethI #HenryVIII #LondonHistory