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Queen is permanently 'leaving Buckingham Palace and will never live there again'
The Queen will never live again at Buckingham Palace, making Windsor Castle her permanent home and main official residence, the Sunday Times has reported today.It is understood the monarch, 95, who has lived at the palace for most of her 70-year reign, has come to prefer life at Windsor Castle, where she has spent much of the past two years since leaving London to isolate with Prince Philip at the start of the pandemic.Windsor was previously only the Queen’s weekend home and her residence for Easter and Royal Ascot week in June.It means Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall are set to be the next members of the Royal Family to take up residence at Buckingham Palace as King and Queen Consort.Charles, 73, is known to prefer his London home, Clarence House, but has conceded the palace should remain “monarchy HQ” once he ascends the throne.Buckingham Palace, which has been the official London residence of British sovereigns since 1837, is midway through a 10-year, £369million reservicing programme.The Queen originally planned only to temporarily move out of her private apartments, and relocate to another part of the palace while her quarters were renovated.But now she will only return to London for occasional engagements, and she reportedly has not spent a night at the palace since March 2020.But what is it like inside Buckingham Palace?Despite its 775-room grandeur, while the Queen was in residence at Buckingham Palace, she often preferred a less grand way of life.In 2003, Ryan Parry, an undercover tabloid reporter posing as a footman who worked at the palace for two months, revealed how her breakfast table was simply laid with cereal in Tupperware.The palace has a whopping 775 rooms and includes a gallery,
