King Charles won't live in Buckingham Palace after completion of £369M renovation
The palace will stay the monarchy’s main workplace, and officials said the change will allow more visitors and tours at a site that already draws about 700,000 a year.
- King Charles III will remain at Clarence House after Buckingham Palace's 10-year, £369 million refurbishment completes next March, choosing to prioritize public access over royal residence at the historic site.
- Built in the 1820s, the 775-room palace has housed every British monarch since Queen Victoria and is undergoing infrastructure upgrades to ensure the building remains viable for another 50 years.
- Royal officials stressed the King and Queen Camilla will continue working from the palace, which will remain "the ceremonial and operational center" of the monarchy despite their residence elsewhere.
- During Thursday's briefing on royal finances, Charles became the first British monarch to publicly disclose his taxes, revealing £12.9 million in income and capital gains for the 2024-25 financial year.
- These disclosures aim to demonstrate the 1,000-year-old institution can evolve amid criticism regarding links to Jeffrey Epstein, though author Ed Owens said he hopes for "a second act" regarding the palace's future.
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He will continue to reside at Clarence House, his long-standing London residence - The palace will continue to function as a centre for official and ceremonial events, including state visits.
King Charles and Queen Camilla will never live in Buckingham Palace, even though almost £ 370 million has been spent on her renovation. An announcement that in Gran...
King Charles III of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and his wife, Queen Camilla, will not move to Buckingham Palace after the completion of the renovation work, worth nearly £370 million, reports foreign news agencies.
Even Queen Elizabeth II did not like to live above the shop in the Buckingham Palace, as she herself put it. Her son and successor, King Charles, did not even move in after the millions of years of renovation. The symbol of the British monarchy is to serve only as a stage for state banquets and receptions in the future. Since Queen Victoria, the Buckingham Palace is the symbol of the British monarchy. Charles' grandparents even stayed there duri…
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