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Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, painting by George Hayter, 1842 The Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, showing the marriage of the future King George V (1893), by Laurits Tuxen. Royal Collection. The first two monarchs of the House of Hanover used St James's Palace as their principal London residence.
The Declaration of St James's Palace, or London Declaration, [1] was the first joint statement of goals and principles by the Allied Powers during World War II. [2] The declaration was issued after the first Inter-Allied Conference at St James's Palace in London on 12 June 1941.
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 ...
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 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 event is named after St James's Palace, a royal residence during the Tudor period. It was established in 1834, and the inaugural race was a walkover. [1] The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and for a period, the St James's Palace Stakes was classed at Group 2 level. It was promoted to Group 1 status in 1988.
St James's Market, St James's Place, St James's Square, St James's Street and Little St James's Street – all from St James's Palace, [41] built on the site of the medieval St James's leper hospital which was dedicated to St James the Less, apostle and Bishop of Jerusalem, [2] [3] or, according to Sheila Fairfield, writing in The Streets of ...
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 ...