Saint James's Palace

Main entrance of St. James's Palace on Pall Mall survives from Henry VIII's palace.

Saint James's Palace is a royal palace in the City of Westminster, in London. It is between Pall Mall and The Mall, two streets in Central London, and opposite St James's Park. It is a working royal palace, and it is not open to the public. It was the most important home of the British royal family until Queen Victoria moved to Buckingham Palace in 1837.

Henry VIII built the palace in the early 1530s. Charles I spent his last night here before his execution in 1649.

Saint James's Palace Media

• St James's Palace, left, and The Mall, 1715

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  Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert in the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, painting by George Hayter, 1842

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  The Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, showing the marriage of the future King George V (1893), by Laurits Tuxen. Royal Collection.

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  The Proclamation Gallery overlooking Friary Court at St James's Palace, London, where the proclamation is traditionally first read

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  Friary Court at St James's Palace, 2017