Renovated Buckingham Palace will be a very royal office building

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Since Queen Victoria made it her official residence in 1837, every British sovereign has lived there. King Charles III, born at the palace, is the first to opt out.

July 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. EDTYesterday at 5:00 a.m. EDT

A groundskeeper on the edge of Green Park, near Buckingham Palace on July 7. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)

LONDON – The world’s most famous palace is becoming one of Britain’s fanciest office buildings.

Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms, 78 bathrooms, priceless art and gilded ceilings and one notable drawback: King Charles III doesn’t want to live there.

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