10-year $484 million renovation of Buckingham Palace will see over 3,000 priceless items 'decanted'
The Queen is ready to move out of her rooms at the Buckingham Palace as a part of the massive £369 million reservicing, that has already seen more than 3,000 precious items being "decanted," while the extensive work takes place. Her Majesty will be 99-years-old when the work starts on her private quarters in the north wing but it has been said that she is "immensely pragmatic" and will be happy to move back between 2025 and 2027. The work has already started in the palace's east wing. About 200 paintings, 40 chandeliers, and 1,000 trinkets are said to have been removed from the rooms currently undergoing work.
The Daily Mail reported that the project began last year and this means the valuable items have already begun to be carried out of the palace to be put in storage or in various displays. Experts had suggested that the structure could go through a "catastrophic" fire if the 3000 miles of volatile vulcanized rubber cabling is not replaced. Due to the work taking place there will be a major amount of disruption to the palace which has 77 rooms, 1,514 doors, and 760 windows.