St James' Palace, London

I had a trip to St James' Palace on Monday so my fiancé could pick up his gold Duke of Edinburgh award. We weren't allowed to take pictures inside, but this is a shot of the outside. The palace used to be the residence of the monarchy, and although this has changed it is still the official court. It is not open to the public, as it is used mainly for official engagements and functions.

It was built between 1531 and 1536 by Henry VIII. Today it contains the apartments of Princes William and Harry. We didn't get to see them, but we did see Prince Andrew!

Lucy

[Padlock]

That is a great success for him, hope he enjoyed it and the presentation.

[Molly]

Such a great building. Hope you enjoyed the ceremony.

[Dianne]

A neat shot of this building. Fantastic effort to complete the Gold DOE, and nice that you could be there for the ceremony.

[Pyrrhula]

Great capture of this beautiful building. Congrats to you fiancé

[Graham Thresher]

A majestic capture.

[Denise fuller]

super capture

[gloria jones]

Great perspective in this shot, neat architecture, window placement, great history, fav

[Tony]

Impressive capture of that majestic structure.

[Ivan]

Such an impressive gate!

[essiesue]

Amazing architecture and the clock at the top is beautiful.

[Kate]

Such a lovely, historical building. Congratulations on the award and the prince sighting!

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot and cool that you saw the prince

[Margaret Obey]

Love this view of St James's Palace. Congratulations to your fiancé. It's not easy to gain. I know as my brother achieved a gold award many years ago.

[Julia]

Lovely palace. Congratulations to your fiancé.

[bruni]

Congrats to your fiancè, what an achievement. very impressive building.

[Fisher Family]

@padlock Thanks Clive. The presentation was dead boring actually but it was worth it to have an excuse to wear a hat ;) - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@dolphin Thanks Molly. Sadly the ceremony wasn't the most interesting thing ever! - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@dide Thanks Diane. Rather him than me, you wouldn't catch me dragging myself through 20 miles of mud, sleeping in a damp tent and doing it all over again the next day! - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@pyrrhula Thank you Ferry - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@thresheg Thanks Graham - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@denisefuller Thanks Denise - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@seattlite Thank you Gloria! - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@tonydebont Thanks Tony - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@ivan Thank you Ivan. It's only slightly grander than my own ;) - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@essiesue Thanks Sue - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@kt8ird Thanks Kate - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@bkbinthecity Thanks Brian, it was pretty cool! - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@ceilidh Thank you Margaret. Doing the DofE never appealed to me! I didn't even start the bronze! - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@juliac Thanks Julia - Lucy

[Fisher Family]

@bruni Thank you Bruni - Lucy

[Lynne Hart]

How exciting, well done to your fiance on his gold D of E award.

[Pete Roberts]

Nice shot Lucy.