Saint James's Palace
St James’s Palace stands at the heart of royal ceremony in London, a red-brick Tudor landmark begun in the 1530s by order of King Henry VIII on the site of a leper hospital dedicated to Saint James the Less. Built mainly between 1531 and 1536, its architecture is quintessentially Tudor, with the Queen’s Chapel added in the 1620s and Clarence House built next to it in the 1820s. For centuries it shifted from a primary royal residence to a hub of administration and ceremony, governing the Court of St James’s and hosting official receptions and ambassadors even after the Palace of Whitehall burned down. The palace’s Chapel Royal continues to function for royal functions, while the complex now houses offices, official societies, and royal collections. …
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