An amateur photographer who visited the childhood home of beheaded queen Anne Boleyn claims to have taken a picture of her ghost stalking the corridors.

Liam Archer, 26, was on a day trip to Hever Castle, in Edenbridge, and spent the afternoon taking snaps around the former home of Henry VIII's second wife.

The amateur photographer took a picture of an ornate fireplace in a dimly-lit living room in the thirteenth-century castle.

But when he got home and looked at the photo he was stunned to spot what he believes is a hovering hand with a long finger, pointing towards the chimney.

Liam, who previously didn't believe in ghosts, is convinced it is the spirit of the young queen, who is said to haunt the castle.

He said: "In the prayer room there was a fog or a mist hovering around but I didn't think much of it at the time.

"I felt like an unknown force was pulling me through the castle. I couldn't see it but I could definitely feel it.

"I didn't know what to make of it because I didn't believe in ghosts at this point.

"It wasn't until three months after that I realised what I had taken a picture of. I am confident this is her.

"I believe there is something important historically inside the fireplace she wants me to recover."

Liam, from Lewes, East Sussex, was exploring Hever Castle with his family when he snapped the ghoulish picture.

It appears to show a woman's hand hovering in the left hand side of the picture, moving towards a fireplace.

It was taken in the castle which was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, and later came into the possession of King Henry's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves.