Ripley Castle

Ripley Castle has been home to the Ingilby Family for almost 700 years!! The castle has had many Kings and Queens stay both in times of war and peace. The castle is much smaller than many of the other ones I have visited but it had a home like feel to it. Probably largely due to the fact that the family still lives in the castle. Much of the upstairs is roped off to visitors. The day we were at the castle there was a wedding going on. The bride was standing outside taking pictures even though it was only about 30 degrees! It even snowed later that night! Inside the house there were secret passage ways and winding stair cases that were used to hide people in times of war! The family that now lives in the house has 5 children all around 20 years old give or take a few years. There was a family picture in one of the rooms so me and some of the other girls went over to look and one of the sons looked so much like Prince Harry! We could not believe it. Our tour guide came over and said "Looks quite like the Prince huh?" and we said "Umm YEAH! Is he home? Can we meet him?" haha. Apparently that is quite the joke of the family, that perhaps he is more closely related to the Windsor's than the Ingilby's! After touring the house we walked around the gardens but once the sun started to go down it got too cold for us and we headed home!

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