Monopoly’s Pall Mall and Whitehall

West London

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Coming out of Green Park Station, I spotted The Wolseley, a posh restaurant. My old boss used to dine here and I’d book his table. Now I know what it looks like! Not bad.

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I turned the corner into St James’s Street, and there ahead was St James’s Palace. I wasn’t even aware of it!

And what d’ya know, it was built in the 1530s by Henry VIII … who else would it be?

It was constructed where a leper hospital dedicated to St James the Less (the brother of Jesus - although there is some confusion over this) stood.

Various kings and queens used it as their residence.