Queen Elizabeth Will Be Forced To Move Out Of Palace In 2025

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will have to leave the palace at some point.

According to Elaine McCahill, a journalist for Mirror, the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have to abandon their private rooms due to a major refurbishment in 2025. The Buckingham Palace will undergo extensive electrical and plumbing work. The renovation started in April 2017 and is due to be completed in 2027.

Tony Johnstone-Burt, master of the Queen's household, will see to it that the refurbishment will be completed within budget and time. "We all take the responsibility that comes with using public funds to do all this work on such a national icon like Buckingham Palace extremely seriously indeed. on time, within budget and to the required specification," Johnstone-Burt said.

"I am absolutely convinced that by making this investment in the palace now, will not only avert much more costly and potentially catastrophic failure of the building in the years to come but in the short term... will provide the opp for even more people to see this remarkable collection," he added.

Back in January, packets of cigarettes and 120-year-old newspaper cuttings were among the items unearthed as the floorboards were ripped up for the first time in decades. Since the works have started, over 3,000 meters of dangerous vulcanized rubber cabling ripped out in a bid to ward off a potential catastrophic building failure.

Workers will tackle three of the wings in clockwise order, starting with the east, which has 200 rooms spread over six floors.

Next week, a compound of builders will be erected on the forecourt of the palace as work starts on the famous east wing.

Two lifts will be installed to improves access to visitors with mobility problems. In addition, over 200 paintings, 40 chandeliers, 1,000 glass, and china pieces and 100 mirrors will be removed before wiring and pipe are replaced. Some 150 items of decorative arts and furniture will return on loan to the Brighton Pavilion, where they were acquired by George IV in the early 1800s.

In related news, Queen Elizabeth II's statue at St. Andrew's Gardens in Gravesend, Kent, was targeted by pranksters. The statue which was commissioned in 2016 to celebrate her 90th birthday and as a commemoration of the world's longest reigning monarch was vandalized. A graffiti that read "parasite" in red paint was written at the bottom of the statue.