Buckingham Palace needs infrastructure work to keep it going
LONDON — Buckingham Palace needs a taxpayer-funded face-lift if it’s to remain fit for the queen.
The London home of Queen Elizabeth II hasn’t been upgraded since just after World War II, and needs urgent infrastructure work to fix plumbing, electrical cables and heating, palace officials said Friday.
The work will cost some 369 million pounds ($459 million) over 10 years and is considered critical to safeguarding the building from fire or flood damage.