St. James's Palace is a beautiful brick building built by Henry VIII in the late 1530 on the site of the Hospital of St. James. It was a primary royal residence for over 300 years and a setting of very important events in the Royal history. Henry VIII's illegitimate son Henry Fitzroy, died here in 1536 at the age of seventeen. Anne Boleyn (Henry VIII's second wife), stayed there the night after her coronation. Mary Tudor signed the treaty surrendering Calais in 1558. In 1840 Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in the Chapel Royal.

Today St. James's Palace is still a busy working palace and the State Apartments are used for entertaining and other ceremonial occasions.

Where is St. James's Palace: Pall Mall SW1

How to get to St. James's Palace: Subway - Jubilee, Piccadilly and Victoria lines to Green Park station.

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