Royal haunting or bang on the head? Welsh see ghosts in Surrey


  • Rugby
  • Tuesday, 06 Oct 2015

Rugby Union - Wales v Fiji - IRB Rugby World Cup 2015 Pool A - Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales - 1/10/15 Wales' Dan Biggar lines up a penalty Reuters / Rebecca Naden Livepic

LONDON (Reuters) - Welsh preparations for their Rugby World Cup clash with Australia at Twickenham took a spooky twist on Monday with ghostly tales and talk of former King of England Henry VIII.

Wales are staying at the Oatlands Hotel in Weybridge, originally the site of a grand royal palace which Henry, the second monarch in the Welsh Tudor dynasty, built for his fourth queen, Anne of Cleves, in the 16th century.

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