King Charles Keeps Clarence House as Home After £369 Million Buckingham Palace Refit
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Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jun 25
King Charles Keeps Clarence House as Home After £369 Million Buckingham Palace Refit
3 articles · Updated · bbc.co.uk · Jun 25
Summary
Buckingham Palace will not become King Charles and Queen Camilla’s full-time home after its £369 million, 10-year refurbishment ends next March; they will keep living at Clarence House.
Officials said the move should allow greater public access to the 775-room palace, while also avoiding security restrictions that a resident monarch would impose on visitor areas and opening periods.
The palace will still remain the monarchy’s ceremonial and administrative center, hosting state banquets, garden parties, prime minister audiences and ambassador receptions, with private rooms available for the King during working days.
Royal accounts also showed Charles became the first monarch to disclose his tax payments, paying £12.9 million in 2024-25, while the Sovereign Grant is set to fall to £99.9 million in 2027-28 as the palace overhaul winds down.