Charles Barry won the competition for the new Palace of Westminster because ... the building was designed to present continuity with Westminster’s ancient royal, Christian and political past.

The Queen has become patron of a new ... Westminster Abbey. The King Charles III Sacristy is a £13 million entrance lobby that will allow visitors to follow in the footsteps of monarchs and royal ...

Although some of the old palace remained, by 1835 there was a general consensus that the opportunity for a brand new ... Westminster was ... the home of British politics, with ancient royal ...