Built by Henry VIII ... becoming the principal royal residence after the fire of 1698 destroyed Whitehall Palace. Queen Mary, Henry VIII's daughter died here, his other daughter Queen Elizabeth ...
‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life,’ said Samuel Johnson in 1777.
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It was built on the former site of the Palace of Whitehall, once home to English monarchs including King Henry VIII, and the building also inspired Ian Fleming’s James Bond series and was ...
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