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The Court of St James's derives its name from St James's Palace, hence the possessive ' s at the end of the name. This nomenclature is due to St James's Palace being the most senior royal palace, [2] despite Buckingham Palace being the primary metropolitan residence of all British sovereigns since the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837.
The United States ambassador to the United Kingdom, formally the ambassador of the United States of America to the Court of St James's [1] is the official representative of the president of the United States and the American government to the monarch (Court of St. James's) and government of the United Kingdom. [2]
The Proclamation Gallery overlooking Friary Court at St James's Palace, London, where the proclamation of a new monarch is traditionally first read. The Proclamation Gallery is a part of St James's Palace, and it is used after the death of a reigning monarch. The Accession Council meets to declare the new monarch.
St James’s, which is the most senior royal palace in London and the official seat of the Royal Court, was built between 1531 and 1536 on the orders of King Henry VIII.
The following is the list of ambassadors and high commissioners to the United Kingdom, or more formally, to the Court of St James's. High commissioners represent member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and ambassadors represent other states. Note that some diplomats are accredited by, or to, more than one country.
It is headed by the Apostolic Nuncio, who has the rank of an ambassador (officially, the Apostolic Nuncio to the Court of St. James's). The parties agreed to exchange representatives at the ambassadorial level and Pope John Paul II erected the Nunciature to Great Britain on 17 January 1982.
This is a list of the heads of mission from the Habsburg Monarchy, Austrian Empire, and later Austria-Hungary, to the Court of St James's in London. Heads of Mission
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