Poll: Buckingham Palace Now Wants A Refurb

Would you donate towards the upkeep of Buckingham Palace?

  • Total voters
    328
I cant believe that people moan about this, it was last renovated around 60 years ago and is a national landmark and signature building. Its no surprise at all that it will need significant renovation after such a long period of time.
 
IIRC as has been said it was last renovated something like 60 years ago and various experts have been saying for at least a decade that it needs the work done as they've already had to seal off some areas and do expensive (but temporary) emergency work due to things like falling plasterwork.

And the longer you leave it the more expensive it's going to get because things get worse, and what might currently only require minor work to stabilise gets to the point where you need to do major work to repair/replace (rather like doing preventative work such as painting your external woodwork regularly saves replacing the woodwook anything like as often).
 
Seems more than reasonable, last major work 60 years ago. The amount of revenue from tourists that the palace draws each year will more than covers the cost of doing this in about 5 years or so.
 
Seems like bad timing when the government is planning massive benefit cuts and local councils can't even keep their libraries open.

Wouldn't it be more prudent to wait until the austerity measures have ended? What's five years when you've already waited 60?
 
I'd donate. I served for the queen and like that we have a Royal Family.

Didn't realise it hasn't been done for 60 years! Defo due an upgrade.
 
If the crown estate has already made £285 million profit, then they've basically already paid for it.

As plenty of others have said, i'm sure it brings in more money via tourism than it will cost to do the work.
 
I imagine it costs a fortune anywhere the ornate plaster mouldings are damaged.

You can't just strip them a out and replace with new you have to carefully remove the damaged sections and replace and blend them back in with hand made one offs.


Suddenly doing a small corner isn't a 500 quid bit of cheaply moulded Chinese plaster but 5 grand section of hand made craftsmanship that takes a long time to integrate
 
Don't care about the queen or the royal family, but it is a national landmark, and it would be a shame for it to fall to ruin. Even the froggies have pumped money into the old royal palaces in France as they understand the importance of heritage and history.
 
In b4 the myth that the monarchy brings in more money from tourism than it uses.

(Tip: That statement is false).

Semple said:
If the crown estate has already made £285 million profit, then they've basically already paid for it.

As plenty of others have said, i'm sure it brings in more money via tourism than it will cost to do the work.
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Wait, I was too late.

Also doesn't the queen have billions worth in property? i'm not exactly sure why this money has to come from the taxpayer....(Cause it always seems that it does when it's anything that requires spending, uh oh gotta get taxpayers to front it despite my billions!).

Not quite about things anymore.... feels a bit like it's a troll. BRB working my 6.50 hour zero hour contract job (Which she endorses thank god! /sarcasm), queen needs a refurb though! glad to pay towards that!

Freefaller said:
Don't care about the queen or the royal family, but it is a national landmark, and it would be a shame for it to fall to ruin. Even the froggies have pumped money into the old royal palaces in France as they understand the importance of heritage and history.
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I mean that is true, it's a national landmark, I just get confused.... she gets to live there why doesn't she front the bill? may be a national landmark but it's not like we live there (I mean that's not entirely a valid point we don't all live at stone henge but I'd pay for it's upkeep sure). More my point being it's not as if the monarchy don't have enough money to sort it out.... oh poor them all those billions!

What about all the other historical sites around the UK I don't think the govt funds the upkeep of all of them do they? correct me if i'm wrong, normally they charge to see places and the money goes towards the upkeep. Why is the monarchy any different?

Also with all the austerity cuts to hard workers, police cuts etc, they can't sit there and be serious about this? surely?
 
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