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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITAIN
 
  More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)

 
More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
St James's Palace

(London SW1)Redbrick Tudor palace lying between St James's Street and St James's Park. It was built by *Henry VIII on the site of a convent which he had closed in 1532 (it had earlier been a leper hospital dedicated to St James the Less). The main unaltered part of his palace is the gatehouse at the bottom of St James's Street. After the destruction of *Whitehall Palace by fire in 1698, St James's became the official residence of the sovereign. It remains so today, with foreign diplomats accredited to the *Court of St James's, even though the actual royal residence in London has been *Buckingham Palace since Victoria's accession in 1837.
 








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