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It is a place for many state ceremonies.Every year a special service is held on the occasion of the Monarch’s birthday .Sir Christopher Wren designed many churches but St. Paul’s cathedral is his masterpiece .
It has famously been a prison and a palace of execution but has also been a royal palace, an armoury ,a treasury, an observatory, a mint and even a zoo. The Tower is a splendid national treasure . It all began as a Saxon fort in King Alfred’s time; then William the Conqueror built the famous White Tower .
It presents a unique pageant of British History –tombs of kings and queens and countless memorials to the famous. It has been the setting for every coronation since 1066. The funeral of Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth , The Queen Mother took place here.
It has been the official London residence of Britain’s sovereigns since Queen Victoria moved there in July 1837. It was originally a town house that was owned from the beginning of the 18th century by the Duke of Buckingham who lived there . In 1677 king George III bought the Palace as a present for his wife .
It is the seat of the British Parliament. It is not just one building but a great mass of buildings. It contains 1 ,100 rooms . It is 1000 years old .The Monarch reads the special speech when he/she opens the Parliament. It is one of the most photographed place in London and may be even in the world.
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