The new Palace of Westminster was built with modern convenience - and the comfort of MPs ... decorative sculpture and motifs of the chapel for the exterior and some interior areas of the new building.

Follow the dramatic twists of fate that left their impressions on the Palace of Westminster and learn to how to look for the evidence for yourself.

By the reign of Edward’s grandson, Richard II, the palace, and particularly the Great Hall at Westminster, was established at the heart of English secular and, to an extent, ceremonial life.