Every day this bank holiday weekend, Saturday May 25th, Sunday May 26th and Sunday May 27th at Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace, experience life as a Georgian-era royal surgeon with live leeches, bloodletting tools, and surgical demonstrations. And if you’re feeling brave, a medical makeup artist is on hand to recreate smallpox pustules on your arms, leg or face…
Plus, discover the links between the Royal Court of King Charles II and the alchemical arts, and watch a spectacular and explosive performance from the inimitable Dr Andrew Szydlo.
Part of a number of events we are running for visitors at London’s Historic Royal Palaces – Hampton Court Palace, Kew Palace and Kensington Palace. As a tie-in to the BBC 2 TV series Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History.
