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'''London''' is the capital city of [[England]], an [[Earth]] nation that is part of the [[European Union]].<ref name="ENC">''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'', page 296 (2011 edition)</ref>

London has a long history going back thousands of years. It has experienced plague, a devastating fire, civil war, aerial bombardment, and [[Terrorism|terrorist]] attacks. At some point prior to [[2170]], the [[Houses of Parliament|Palace of Westminster]] was badly damaged in an act of domestic terrorism.<ref name="ST"/> The [[Wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] ceased to exist<ref name="ST"/> as a governing entity shortly thereafter (though the term still continued to be used for areas of its former governance)<ref name="exhibit">''[[Xbox.com]]'' - Jake Courage Exhibition (defunct)</ref> as all the nations on Earth were incorporated into the [[Unified Earth Government]]. Pieces of the [[Houses of Parliament]], as the palace was also known, were gathered and some were restored.<ref name="ST"/> The symbolic action of such a restoration was vital to the creation of the UEG, and was also seen by some as a cynical attempt to play on the twin vices of nostalgia and patriotism. In the late twenty-fifth century, restored pieces of the original building were fashioned used to create a cavernous space where trials were held. In January of [[2558]], a trial for the [[smart AI]] known as [[Iona]] was held in a simulated environment modeled after this space.<ref name="ST">''[[Halo: Saint's Testimony]]'', pages 7-8 (Google Play edition)</ref>

*After the [[glassing]] of [[Verent]], [[Luther Mann]]'s family relocated to London.<ref name="HitD11">''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]'', pages 11-18 (Google Play edition)</ref>