Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster, home of Parliament, is in Westminster beside the Clock Tower. It has a viewpoint, Jacob assassinates the Earl of Cardigan here in Motion to Impeach, and the twins later stop a Templar bomb plot inside.
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- Landmark
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- Westminster
Good to know
- Feature: viewpoint.
- Memories: Motion to Impeach, Freedom of the Press, Anarchist Intervention and Operation: Westminster.
- Built 1840 to 1870 after a fire.
- Full sync for Motion to Impeach: kill no policemen and stay unseen by the target.
- Full sync for Operation: Westminster: get a Templar to kill himself without harming innocents.
Motion to Impeach
James Brudenell, Earl of Cardigan, is a Conservative politician and secret Templar. Jacob kills him inside the palace.
Operation: Westminster
After Starrick's death a group of Templars plots to blow up Parliament. Working for Queen Victoria, the twins stop them.
Other visits
In Anarchist Intervention, Karl Marx asks you to stop Frank Morris attacking the palace. Evie crosses its rooftops in Freedom of the Press.
Getting to CardiganSpoilerShow
Mary Anne Disraeli names Cardigan after Jacob guards her through the Devil's Acre in Driving Mrs. Disraeli, and tells him the earl is at Parliament campaigning against the Corrupt Practices Bill. Inside, Cardigan meets a minister in a guarded room that needs the password Balaclava. Jacob gets it, poses as Sergeant Abberline to have one of Cardigan's opponents lead him there, and kills him.
Freedom of the PressFreedom of the Press introduces Alexander Graham Bell, who turns Kaylock's broken launcher into the rope launcher on your gauntlet. As Evie you then test it on Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster, fitting fuses for Bell's independent telegraph line.- Motion to ImpeachMotion to Impeach is the assassination of the Earl of Cardigan inside the Palace of Westminster. Jacob steals a password, takes a policeman hostage to walk into Westminster Hall, and has an opposing MP lead him straight to Cardigan's office.
- Family PoliticsFamily Politics has Evie earn the location of the second set of palace plans by driving Duleep Singh around London in a stolen royal carriage, so he can lobby three politicians about the kingdom Britain took from him.
- Anarchist InterventionAnarchist Intervention is the third Karl Marx memory: Marx's friend Frank Morris, whose son died of exhaustion after an 18-hour shift, plans to steal Templar nitroglycerin and attack Parliament. You chase Morris down, take over the explosives cart and protect him from the people who want it back.
- Operation: WestminsterOperation: Westminster is the last Queen Victoria memory: the remaining Templar bombers have got into the Houses of Parliament with their explosives. You work through the building with Fleming, removing bombers one by one, then deal with the leader and defuse the charges.
Related places
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Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is Queen Victoria's London home in Westminster and the setting for the climax of Syndicate's story, the Queen's ball. It is also where the Queen hands out the Operation side memories, and it has a viewpoint.
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Buckingham Palace vault
The Buckingham Palace vault is a hidden crypt under the palace gardens that holds the Shroud of Eden, the Piece of Eden both the Assassins and Starrick are chasing in Syndicate. You finally reach it during A Night to Remember.
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Elizabeth Tower
Elizabeth Tower, the clock tower called Big Ben, stands at the Palace of Westminster. You climb it twice: once as Evie repairing telegraph lines in Freedom of the Press, and once to deal with a Templar bomb at the top.
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St James' Park
St James' Park is London's oldest royal park, just east of Buckingham Palace in Westminster. In Triple Theft it is where Jacob and Roth go after Starrick's head of security, Benjamin Raffles.