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[[Image:Stafford House - central hall and principal staircase by Joseph Nash (1850).jpg|thumb|300px|The central hall and principal staircase of Lancaster House.]]
'''Lancaster House''' is a [[mansion]] in the [[St. James's]] district in the [[West End of London|West End]] of [[London]]. It is close to [[St. James's Palace]] and much of the site was once part of the palace complex. The a Grade I [[listed building]]<ref>{{IoEentry|427576|Entry on Imagesofengland.org.uk}}</ref> is now
==History==
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The [[European Advisory Commission]] met at Lancaster House in 1944. In January 1947 a special envoy meeting on affairs concerning occupied [[Austria]] was hosted here. In 1979 it was the scene of the [[Lancaster House Agreement]], which was the agreement of independence from the [[United Kingdom]] of [[Rhodesia]], now [[Zimbabwe]].
In 2007 the residence was used in the film, [[National Treasure: The Book of Secrets]], as the supposed interior for [[Buckingham Palace]].
Lancaster House was also used to double for the ballroom, passage and reception room of Buckingham Palace in the movie 'The Young Victoria' released in 2009.
==See also==
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