A listener's wording about the United States ambassador prompts a short explanation of the Court of St James's in British diplomatic custom. The court, rather than the House of Commons, Downing Street, or the Foreign Office, is the formal point named in diplomatic language. The receiving ceremony can take place at Buckingham Palace even while the traditional court title remains in use. The terminology shows how older monarchical language persists inside modern state diplomacy.
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The Court of St James's in diplomatic protocol
A brief aside explains why diplomatic language points to the Court of St James's rather than Parliament, Downing Street, or the Foreign Office.