Queen quits Buckingham Palace and many folk are thinking the same thing
Sunday Times revealed earlier this week that two years down the line, she’s not likely to spend a night again at Buckingham Palace.The palace is undergoing a ten-year renovation, so its next occupants will likely be Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, with Charles next in line to the throne.The Queen has long been known to favor her Windsor home.
However, news she’s fully vacating Buckingham Palace comes in the same week that the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said Britons were welcome to house Ukraine refugees in their homes.Related: Gay dating app asks users to help Ukrainians and is blown away by responseThe war in Ukraine has prompted a humanitarian crisis, and 2.5million inhabitants of the country are now believed to have fled.
Many LGBTQ citizens have had to flee to countries such as Hungary and Poland, which have both cracked down on LGBTQ rights in recent years.The UK has been criticized for not taking many Ukrainian refugees compared to other European countries, and for making the visa process overly complicated for those fleeing the war.
It’s estimated it has only issued 1,000 visas to those who already have family in the UK.Johnson told Sky News the visa process would be simplified and extended in the coming days, and that “if people want to welcome [them] into their own homes, they can do so”.Many people immediately offered the same solution.775 rooms at Buckingham Palace apparently.
