Sources claim that King Charles III won’t live in Buckingham Palace for up to five years and will instead wait for the completion of the site’s £370 million renovation in 2027.
As the palace continues its 10-year refurbishment, the new King and Queen Consort Camilla are expected to divide their time between up to four other castles.
A source told a newspaper outlet their primary home will continue to be Clarence House, only 400 yards away from Buckingham Palace and where they’ve lived for 19 years.
The couple moved into the five-bed residence in 2003, one year after the Queen Mother passed away.
It’s understood they’ll spend three nights each week at Clarence House, two nights at Windsor Castle and weekends at Sandringham in Norfolk.
The new Monarch was spending at least one night a week at Windsor Castle as the Queen’s mobility problems deteriorated in the year before her demise.
The source said that refurbishment was very far behind schedule but the Monarch should be living at Buckingham Palace, with the source saying that it’s the core of the monarchy in London, otherwise it risks becoming just a tourist magnet, and effectively they have a King without a palace to live in.
The couple also has their idyllic country private home, Highgrove House, near Tetbury in Gloucestershire.
King Charles acquired the grounds in 1980 and has dedicated much of his excess time and energy to making the grounds and garden around the house pristine.
Buckingham Palace is about halfway through its biggest refurbishment since before the Second World War, which includes new wiring, plumbing and heating.
I can’t say I blame the King for not wanting to move into Buckingham Palace, it’s a tad drafty, and too much of it for the public to peruse for it to feel like a real home, and no doubt, even more, a palace gossip, and my best guess is that by the time the Prince and Princess of Wales get there they will rather not live there either.
And we actually do need to quit calling him King Charles III. I promise that if we just call him the King, people won’t start thinking we’re talking about Elvis Presley, or that he will be resurrected and one day move into Buckingham Palace. Elvis was the king of bling, and Charles is definitely not that.
But renovation for Buckingham Palace is going to cost tons of money, money that could be used to help the needy, education, NHS and the police, and with all of King Charle’s numerous homes, I’m surprised he doesn’t lose track of where he’s staying tonight, tomorrow or next week.
However, we British people have a talent for tenaciously maintaining our ageing structures, well that’s when we’re not knocking them down to make way for more contemporary ones, and let’s face it, you wouldn’t expect to move into your elderly mother’s home without some type of renovation work, so I guess we can’t expect the King to do so either, or should we just abolish the hypocritical monarchy?
And if you believe that the Royal Family aren’t spending taxpayers’ money to fix up the Palace, then who’s money are they spending? It’s not their own money that’s for sure, and some people just aren’t falling for this idiocy anymore.
I do have to agree though that the UK economy does benefit by billions every year through Royal tourism, which is an industry on its own.
Royal tourism employs more than 100,000 full-time workers across numerous industries and employs 100,000 part-time employees.
The Royal Family generates billions for 1,000 of charities around the world every year. HRH Queen Elizabeth alone generated more than one billion supporting her chosen 600+ charities.
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