The Royal Collection Trust is offering spring tours for a lesser-known palace where one of the most important moments of The King’s reign took place. 

St. James’s Palace is one of the oldest in London, and the court is officially known as The Court of St. James’s. However, despite this, it remains a modern mystery as the last monarch to live in the palace was King William IV. 

Beginning on 26 February, public tickets for tours of St. James’s Palace will be available for purchase. The RCT will be hosting tours in April and May through the historic palace. 

King Henry VIII ordered the building in the 1530s on the site of a former leprosy hospital that was known as Saint James the Less, as a secondary palace to the Palace of Whitehall. 

Those with a sharp eye will recognise this palace as the site where Charles III was officially proclaimed as King and where the Accession Council was held following Queen Elizabeth II’s passing.

Visitors will be able to see the Throne Room on the tour, the room where King Charles held his first Privy Council meeting following his accension. 

They will also be able to visit the Chapel Royal, one of the most used royal chapels. It was here that Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in 1840, the future King George V married Mary of Teck in 1893, and Prince George was christened in 2013. 

The palace still remains an official royal residence, as well.

More details on booking the tours can be found on the Royal Collection Trust’s website.