St James's Palace St James's Palace St James's Palace is the most senior royal palace in the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, although no longer the principal residence of the monarch, it is the ceremonial meeting place of the Accession Council and the London residence of several minor members of the royal family. Built by King Henry VIII on the site of a leper hospital dedicated to Saint James the Less, the palace was secondary in importance to the Palace of Whitehall for most Tudor and Stuart monarchs. The palace increased in importance during the reigns of the early Georgian
Marty St. James Film Award 2010. In 2012 he had his second exhibition in China at the Iron Curtain Gallery. Marty St. James Marty St James (born 1954) is a British performance artist and professor of fine art in the School Art and Design at the University of Hertfordshire. He is perhaps best known for his portrait of Olympic swimmer Duncan Goodhew: The Swimmer – commissioned in 1990 by the National Portrait Gallery – and recently migrated to new digital formats. He studied at the Bournville College of Art. HTV Television recorded and presented his graduation piece 'Mr and Mrs' (1976) with his