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
Crystal Palace, London 23 February 1898, a direct consequence of the publication of his open letter "J'Accuse…!". Francis Pettit Smith, one of the inventors of the screw propeller and a contributor to the construction of the SS "Archimedes", lived in the area between 1864 and 1870. British rapper Speech Debelle was born in Crystal Palace. She left the area because of "traffic and parking problems". Camille Pissarro, Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter, stayed in Crystal Palace between 1870 and 1871. Crystal Palace, London Crystal Palace is an area in South London, England, named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building which stood in the