Second World War

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The building, which houses the American Embassy, has been completed in 1960 and was designed by Eero Saarinen. It is the only construction of Whitehall's Palace. The Palace was obtained in Cardinal Wolsey by Henry VIII and became that the Royal home until the ascension of James.I.The Banqueting House has been purpose built for state events. Following the recovery of the monarchy with Charles II's ascension, the palace became the Royal residence for receiving guests, and the Banqueting House was utilized. In 1698 a fire burned Whitehall Palace into Sir Christopher Wren and the ground has been commissioned to convert the Banqueting House to a chapel to replace.

With it holding fine paintings and the construction offering an incomparable setting, the Banqueting House has become a museum. The Palace was the home of the Kings of England in that the eleventh to that the sixteenth century and in England, Kings summoned their courts, but by the fourteenth century the parliamentary and judicial courts resided in Westminster. When the Royal Chapel of St. Although the Lords resided in the Palace, they'd no meeting place until 1547 Stephen was given to the commons. In 1834 almost that the entire Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire, together with just Westminster hall, the Crypt of St.

Stephens Chapel, that the cloisters and Jewel Tower surviving that the horrible blaze. The Houses of Parliament were hit from an air raid during world war II with the House of Commons Chamber is destroyed. Buckingham Palace is the house and offices of Her Majesty Elizabeth II, that the Queen of England. Buckingham Palace being the place for ceremonial occasions. The Palace has been built in 1702 and is that the former home of that the Duke of Buckingham, it has been purchased from the Duke by George III. In the 19th century George IV charged John Nash to transform the home to a Palace who overspent hugely on that the project and was removed in the upgrade.

Queen Victoria has been that the first Monarch to live in Buckingham Palace, that the Palace has been that the home of the monarchy ever since. Every fall, when the royal family is far in that the Palace, that the State Rooms are open for the public. The Royal Throne room is lit from seven chandeliers and is utilized only for ceremonial functions together with Buckingham Palace being close to St. James Park, that offers magnificent views during the night. The building is near St. James Palace and has been built for that the Duke of Clarence, who became King William So at home has been William IV that whenever he became king he didn't move from the home into any one of the Royal Palaces, after he died the Kings unmarried sister of the King for several years.