{"id":6889,"date":"2026-06-25T23:37:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/king-charles-and-queen-camilla-unlikely-to-ever-live-in-buckingham-palace-again-despite-nearly-500k-revamp\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T23:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T23:37:06","slug":"king-charles-and-queen-camilla-unlikely-to-ever-live-in-buckingham-palace-again-despite-nearly-500k-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/king-charles-and-queen-camilla-unlikely-to-ever-live-in-buckingham-palace-again-despite-nearly-500k-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles and Queen Camilla unlikely to ever live in Buckingham Palace again despite nearly $500K revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F132266414.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>King Charles III and Queen Camila are unlikely to ever live in Buckingham Palace again after the royal headquarters underwent $500,000 in renovations.<\/p>\n<p>The royals were scheduled to return to the London estate in March 2027 when the revamp was completed, but will instead continue to stay at the nearby Clarence House, Privy Purse James Chalmers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/royals\/39545566\/king-queen-quit-buckingham-palace-after-refurb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told the Sun.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir Majesties will, however, have access to private rooms within the Palace where they can retire during the course of a working day, and which could be utilised as potential residential accommodation in times ahead,\u201d Chalmers said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>King Charles III and Queen Camila (seen here in 2026) won\u2019t return to live at Buckingham Palace once the royal headquarters finishes $500,000 in renovations next March. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Privy Purse James Chalmers told the Sun that the royal couple will continue to stay at the nearby Clarence House. (Seen here: Buckingham Palace.) <span class=\"credit\">\/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>According to the outlet, Buckingham Palace has an estimated 700,000 visitors per year, and the royals want to give the public more access.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will remain a working home but we are seeking to widen public access precisely to maximize the national benefit of a publicly funded building,\u201d a spokesperson for the palace told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Charles plans on hosting events, such as receptions, garden parties and meetings with new ambassadors at the Palace. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Palace will continue in every traditional way to be the beating heart of the Monarchy, just not its resting head,\u201d the rep continued. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cTheir Majesties will, however, have access to private rooms within the Palace where they can retire during the course of a working day, and which could be utilised as potential residential accommodation in times ahead,\u201d Chalmers added. <span class=\"credit\">John Rainford \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Charles (seen here in July 2025) wants the palace to be more accessible to visitors. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt will be a buzzing hive of activity in every other way,\u201d the rep added. \u201cHis Majesty retains huge affection for Buckingham Palace and a deep respect for its role in royal and public life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Prince William reportedly has no plans to move with his wife, Princess Kate Middleton, and their three kids to the palace once he takes over as king.<\/p>\n<p>The family of five will allegedly continue to stay at their \u201cforever home\u201d at\u00a0Forest Lodge\u00a0in Windsor.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cIt will remain a working home but we are seeking to widen public access precisely to maximize the national benefit of a publicly funded building,\u201d a rep for the palace (pictured above) told the outlet. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Charles (seen here in April) plans on still hosting events at the palace. <span class=\"credit\">Samir Hussein.\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Members of the British monarch have resided in Buckingham Palace since 1837, with Queen Victoria \u2014 who reigned for 63 years from 1837 to 1901 \u2014 being the first.<\/p>\n<p>Following Victoria were King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910,  King George V from 1910 to 1936, King Edward VIII in 1936, King George VI from 1936 to 1952 and Queen Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2022.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cHis Majesty retains huge affection for Buckingham Palace and a deep respect for its role in royal and public life,\u201d the spokesperson continued. (Seen here: Charles and Camila on June 18.) <span class=\"credit\">BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Prince William also reportedly doesn\u2019t plan on living in the palace when he becomes king. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Charles, meanwhile, is choosing to stay at Clarence House with Camila, whom he wed in 2005, amid his ongoing cancer battle.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/02\/05\/royal-family\/king-charles-diagnosed-with-cancer-following-surgery\/\">announced he was diagnosed<\/a> with cancer in February after he<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/01\/17\/royal-family\/king-charles-iii-to-undergo-surgery-for-enlarged-prostate-amid-kate-middletons-hospitalization\/\"> underwent surgery\u00a0for benign prostate enlargement<\/a> the month prior.<\/p>\n<p>In December, he gave an update on his journey, sharing that his \u201cschedule of cancer treatment\u201d was being \u201creduced in the new year\u201d and he has \u201cresponded exceptionally well to treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/25\/royal-family\/king-charles-and-queen-camilla-unlikely-to-ever-live-in-buckingham-palace-again-despite-nearly-500k-revamp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Charles III and Queen Camila are unlikely to ever live in Buckingham Palace again<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/132266414.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}