A Sneak Peek at Buckingham Palace’s $ 500 Million Renovation | Lifestyles
Visitors have not been allowed into any royal residences for over a year, leaving a £ 9.4million ($ 13million) hole in the palace’s finances, royal statements recently also revealed published. To put it in perspective, that’s half of what pre-pandemic palace tourism earned for the Queen’s coffers, which was £ 20.2million ($ 28million) between 2019 and 2020.
But the upside is that the renovation was able to continue unhindered and they are now ahead of schedule. We take you for a walk …
Photos: A Sneak Peek at Buckingham Palace’s $ 500 Million Renovation
From the grand entrance you go up the grand staircase to the state apartments. Let’s just say they’re not ready for us yet. This is a 10 year major work program for the aging historic house.
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Up the stairs you enter the Photo Gallery, where key pieces from the Queen’s priceless art collection usually hang. Scaffolding is in the spotlight these days as it replaces the roof.
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A close-up of the roof of the photo gallery shows just how vulnerable he had become.
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Off the photo gallery is the central room, where the floor was lifted. Much of the renovations throughout the palace will ultimately be invisible to tourists as it involves the replacement of the electricity and plumbing that were installed in the 1950s. The redesign was approved by the government in 2017 for s’ ensure it was fit for purpose for years to come and to mitigate the risk of fire or water damage.
Many remember the Windsor fire in 1992. A faulty projector in Queen Victoria’s private chapel quickly started a blaze that would destroy 115 rooms and cause millions of damage. Surprisingly, only two works of art were lost in the incident.
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To accommodate the essential renovations, around 3,000 pieces from the Royal Collection had to be decanted from the east wing to protect them.
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Construction is taking place on the east wing and quadrangle of Buckingham Palace in London.
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Curators adjust a portrait of Prince Philip by artist Ralph Heimans in the Great Hall at Windsor Castle.
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Meetings between the Queen and the Prime Minister are typically closed-door events with the conversation unrecorded, but cameras have been allowed in for the start of the face-to-face meeting on this occasion.
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The grand entrance, where visitors are usually greeted when they arrive from the front, is currently used to receive building materials.
From the grand entrance you go up the grand staircase to the state apartments. Let’s just say they’re not ready for us yet. This is a 10 year major work program for the aging historic house.
Up the stairs you enter the Photo Gallery, where key pieces from the Queen’s priceless art collection usually hang. Scaffolding is in the spotlight these days as it replaces the roof. A close-up of the roof of the photo gallery shows just how vulnerable he had become.
Off the photo gallery is the central room, where the floor was lifted. Much of the renovations throughout the palace will ultimately be invisible to tourists as it involves the replacement of the electricity and plumbing that were installed in the 1950s. The redesign was approved by the government in 2017 for s’ ensure it was fit for purpose for years to come and to mitigate the risk of fire or water damage.