EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Is King Charles thinking of opening part of Buckingham Palace as a luxury B&B? By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 01:31, 26 July 2024 | Updated: 01:36, 26 July 2024 e-mail View comments Last year's Royal Household report paid lip service to the £369m Buck House refurb to make 'it fit for purpose as the principal residence of The Sovereign'. No such mention this year – confirming the King's intention of staying at Clarence House . All signs are that the palace will become a grand museum.
Curiously, the report mentions the completion of 'new ensuite bedrooms' in the east wing (the balcony side of the palace). Given that no royal now lives at Buck House, is His Majesty thinking of opening part of it as a luxury B&B? Throne home: King Charles III intends to stay at Clarence House rather than move into Buckingham Palace Curiously, the most recent Royal Household report mentions the completion of 'new ensuite bedrooms' in the east wing of Buckingham Palace - even though no royal lives there Clarence House will remain as the residence of King Charles and Queen Camilla Not quite the song of champions Promoting its Paris Olympics coverage, the BBC has been using a haunting Edith Piaf tune, Hymne A L'Amour. But far from celebrating sporting excellence, the song – known in English as If You Love Me, Really Love Me – is Edith's lament after the tragic death of her lover Marcel Cerdan.
Edith wrote it in 1949, immediately after boxer Cerdan, the .