Inside Buckingham Palace's £369million renovation

The image of the Royal Family waving from the Buckingham Palace balcony on Saturday made front pages across the world. Above: The Principal Corridor - which runs the full length of the East Wing - during refurbishment and earlier this year, after the renovations were completed A royal source said: 'Buckingham Palace is a national asset that, as a result of this work, will be more accessible to the public. Work on the East Wing - which faces the Mall where crowds assemble on major royal occasions like Trooping the Colour and features the famous central balcony - started in 2018 and was completed earlier this year. Work on the East Wing, which faces the Mall where crowds assemble on major royal occasions like Trooping the Colour and features the famous central balcony, started in 2018. Above: The Yellow Drawing Room during the refurbishment The hidden quarters of the East Wing will be open to the public for the first time after 6,000 tickets were snapped up in a matter of hours when they went on sale earlier this year.