- The Royal Kingdom - London's Palaces
Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster provide the backdrops and settings to some of the greatest state occasions and royal pageantry in our nation's life. Yet they are only two of an extraordinary number of Palaces in the capital. Whitehall Palace is almost forgotten, but the great banqueting hall provided the setting for the execution of the king who designed it. Then there is St James' Palace, Kensington Palace and the most famous of them all, Buckingham Palace.