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History and stories

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The story of Banqueting House

Four hundred years of history and the site of a royal execution

The Rubens ceiling

The crowning glory of the Banqueting House

The masque

A fabulously extravagant early 17th century court entertainment

The execution of Charles I

Killing of a 'treasonous' King

The Whitehall Palace fire of 1698

Discover the dramatic story of the 1698 Whitehall Palace fire, a catastrophic blaze that destroyed Europe's largest royal palace in a single day, leaving behind a devastating legacy.

James I and Anne of Denmark

Generous, scholarly James and his cultured wife