State functions, public access and office space: the plans for revamped Buckingham Palace
King Charles will never live in landmark despite £369m upgrade, but aides stress it will remain ‘buzzing hive’ of royal activity Not all modern British
King Charles will never live in landmark despite £369m upgrade, but aides stress it will remain ‘buzzing hive’ of royal activity Not all modern British monarchs have viewed the prospect of moving into Buckingham Palace with unalloyed joy.
So in announcing he will never live there, after the completion of its £369m upgrade next year, King Charles has at least grasped that nettle. Queen Victoria was initially dismayed by the damp, dingy and disorganised building that greeted her and Prince Albert in 1837.
It was Albert who refashioned it into “Monarchy HQ”. After his 1861 death, Victoria retreated mainly to Windsor, Balmoral and Osborne House on the Isle
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