Petition · past parliament

Make the Royal Family Pay for the Renovation of Buckingham Palace

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

The government should either withdraw proposals to spend £370m
on renovating Buckingham Palace and force the Royal Family to pay for it themselves, or on completion of the works force the Queen to open up the palace all year round to fee paying tourists in order to recoup the money.

Hospitals closed, schools crumbling, record numbers of homeless people due to lack of council housing, then there is the vicious and 'conscious cruelty' of the sanctions regime of this Tory government perpetrated against the most vulnerable benefit claimants and all in the name of austerity. Now we are being told that the government has found £370m down the back of the sofa to renovate Buckingham Palace.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

19 Nov 2016 Petition opened for signatures
23 Nov 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 19
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 Nov 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.