Alison Weir is the top-selling female historian (and the fifth-bestselling historian overall) in the United Kingdom, and has sold over 3 million books worldwide. She has published nineteen history books, including her most recent non-fiction book, Queens of the Conquest, the first in her England’s Medieval Queens quartet. Alison has also published ten historical novels. 

Katheryn Howard: The Tainted Queen is Alison Weir’s latest novel and the fifth in the Six Tudor Queens series about the wives of Henry VIII, which was launched in 2016 to great critical acclaim. The earlier books in the series – Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, Anne Boleyn: A King’s Obsession, Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen and Anna of Kleve: Queen of Secrets were all Sunday Times bestsellers. 

Alison is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an honorary life patron of Historic Royal Palaces.

For further information, please visit Alison’s websites at www.alisonweir.org.uk and www.alisonweirtours.com

Siobhan Clarke has been a Guide Lecturer for Historic Royal Palaces for 20 years and is based at Hampton Court Palace.  She delivers lectures on Hampton Court, The Tower of London and the Banqueting House, Whitehall Palace. Her experience includes education sessions and tours for schools, universities, travel companies and corporate visitors.

Siobhan has lectured for Cunard, Crystal and Viking cruise lines, the National Trust, the British Museum and the U3A. She has featured on BBC Radio Women's Hour and Television's Secrets of Henry VIII's Palace. She has published two books: A Tudor Christmas, in collaboration with Alison Weir, (Jonathan Cape, 2018) and The Tudors: The Crown, The Dynasty, The Golden Age with Linda Collins (Andre Deutsch, 2019).

For further information please visit http://www.thehistoryguides.com

Starting his career in the sector with a security agency, Nivek has worked at Tate, V&A, British Museum, RA, National Gallery, Hayward Gallery, Barbican and Crafts Council. He was a founding member of Tate Forum, a youth-led peer advisory group now called Tate Collective. Nivek has worked in his current role at the Tower since 2015. He is the first person of BAME background in history to become a resident at the Tower as Head of Household. 

Nivek is a Trustee at Oxford House in Bethnal Green. He spends his time living at the Tower with his wife Kristy, daughter Erin and French Bulldog Buddy. Being a father to Erin matters the most to Nivek because he comes from what he describes as a troubled upbringing. He knows how important it is to have parental support and often works with young people that are considered "hard to reach" as a mentor and coach. It gives Nivek hope to know that adversity can be overcome with persistence, courage and perseverance.