Hotels near Houses of Parliament in London
The House of Commons and House of Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster, located next to the River Thames in London. Although still a Royal Palace, the last monarch to live here, Henry VIII, moved out in 1512. Parliament has met in the Palace of Westminster since around 1550. There has been a royal palace on this site for nearly 1,000 years but most of the current building dates from the middle of the Nineteenth Century when the Palace was rebuilt after a fire destroyed most of the earlier medieval buildings in 1834. The Palace is divided into three areas reflecting the three parts of Parliament: the Royal Apartments, the House of Lords and the House of Commons. One of the oldest remaining parts of the Palace of Westminster is Westminster Hall. Work on the Hall was started by William Rufus, the son of William the Conqueror, in 1097. For many years the Royal Courts of Justice met in the Hall and the trials of Guy Fawkes and King Charles I both took place here.
The Parliament of the United Kingdom has developed over hundreds of years from the group of nobles that once advised the King of England to the present day Parliament of the Monarch, House of Lords and House of Commons. Parliament has gradually taken control over many of the powers previously exercised by the Monarch. The Monarch now has a constitutional role which means that their actions are governed by convention. Over the years Parliament has become more representative of the people for whom it takes decisions. Today nearly everyone aged 18 and over has the right to vote for a local Member of Parliament to represent them in the House of Commons.
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