The Banqueting House is the last surviving building of Whitehall Palace ... a year-long construction project to transform the interior. Some of the works include adding new flooring to the ...

On this day in 1649, King Charles I was led from St James's Palace to Banqueting House on Whitehall, in front of which he was beheaded, thus drawing a gory line under the English Civil War.

plus money-saving tips with our free twice-daily newsletter Sign up Banqueting House and the beautifully ornate Tudor Holbein Gate survived, although an unsentimental London demolished the gate in ...