Bucks for Bucks
Buckingham Palace is to be renovated at a cost of £369m, funded through an increase in the sovereign grant. How much have home improvements to the palace cost over the years?
— The original house was built by the Duke of Buckingham in 1706 for £7,000.
— In 1761, George III spent £21,000 to buy it, and £73,000 on remodelling it.
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