Renovations are not cheap – I can personally vouch for that – so you can only imagine the eye-watering price tags that come with redecorating an actual palace. As the taxpayer-funded Sovereign Grant is used for doing up royal residences , the figures must be made public. That means we're privy to how much a spruce-up at a regal home can really cost. From the complete overhaul at Buckingham Palace and the second kitchen Prince William and Princess Kate were forced to pay for themselves, through to the wasted renovation the Sussexes had to pay back. Keep reading to find out all the jaw-dropping prices…

£400,000

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester's house, The Old Stables

In 2019, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester moved from Apartment 1 to the Old Stables, a much more modest home

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