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St James's Palace is the most senior royal palace in London, the capital of the United Kingdom. The palace gives its name to the Court of St James's , which is the monarch's royal court , and is located in the City of Westminster in London.
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.
York House is a historic wing of St James's Palace, London, built for Frederick, Prince of Wales, on his marriage in 1736. It is in the north-western part of the palace on the site of a former suttling-house (canteen) for the Guards; it overlooks Ambassadors' Court and Cleveland Row to the west of the old Chapel Royal .
The Proclamation Gallery overlooking Friary Court at St James's Palace in London, where the proclamation of a new monarch is traditionally first read. Friary Court is a part of St James's Palace in London, England. It is used after the death of a reigning monarch. The Accession Council meets to declare the new monarch from the deceased monarch ...
The Queen's Chapel (officially, The Queen's Chapel St. James Palace and previously the German Chapel) is a chapel in central London, England.Designed by Inigo Jones, it was built between 1623 and 1625 as an adjunct to St. James's Palace, initially as a Catholic chapel for the Infanta Maria Anna of Spain, Holy Roman Empress, who in the end never used it because she didn't marry King Charles I ...
St James's Park is a 23-hectare (57-acre) urban park in the City of Westminster, central London. A Royal Park , it is at the southernmost end of the St James's area, which was named after a once isolated medieval hospital dedicated to St James the Less , now the site of St James's Palace .
The members of the accession council are summoned to assemble at St. James's Palace and it meets outside the presence chamber of the monarch, where the presiding officer or clerk of the privy council reads out the proclamation, and it is signed by the accession council witnesses. Orders are made with respect to public readings of the proclamation.
St James's lies to the north of St James's Park, a former hunting ground attached to St James's Palace. [1] The Mall , marking the northern boundary of the park, was transformed into a major thoroughfare in the 1900s by Aston Webb as part of the national memorial to Queen Victoria . [ 2 ]