Overview
- Palace representatives are holding daily negotiations, with relocation and compensation for millions spent cited as the main sticking points.
- The newly published 2003 lease confirms a prepaid 75‑year deal with “one peppercorn (if demanded)” rent, after earlier filings omitted that phrasing and fueled public anger.
- Under the lease’s refund clause, he would be due about £557,000 if he surrenders the tenancy before next June, a factor now central to any settlement.
- Parliamentary scrutiny has intensified as the Public Accounts Committee seeks documents from the Crown Estate and Treasury, even as Downing Street declines Commons time for a wider debate.
- The Metropolitan Police says it is considering whether further assessment or review is necessary following media reporting about officers’ actions in 2011, and Buckingham Palace rejects claims the King wants the house for Queen Camilla.