You’ve seen Lambeth Palace in films like The King’s Speech and TV shows like The Crown. It’s always the backdrop for “urgent national crisis” meetings—which, let’s be honest, is a daily occurrence for the Archbishop.
Archbishop Justin Welby once joked that moving into Lambeth Palace felt like “living in a museum with a mortgage.” His family has a dog named Lambeth, which is either a sign of deep loyalty or a lack of creativity in pet naming.
Controversial opinion: the best room in either home is the Lambeth Palace Library reading room. It has a ceiling painted with biblical scenes, and the silence is so dense you can hear the Middle Ages thinking.
