352 million sounds cheap to me. It is a massive ancient building. Big buildings come with big problems which have a corresponding big price tag.
The queen is technically paying for this herself, as instead of holding 15% of the crown estates revenue back for running costs, for 10 years she is going to keep 25%. All sounds fair and logical to me
This whole thing is a storm in a teacup whipped up by the media using selected facts.
The cost is prohibitive in France because the French system is a complete ripoff, and French artisans are a pain in the arse on top of being a ripoff. We use British tradesmen for big jobs on our place now, so the Queen is lucky there will be a load of unemployed builders around on her doorstep after Brexit.
If you don't care that much anyway, why make such an ill-informed snipe just to hear or see yourself in print ?
That means, as Queen, ER II has never had the decorators in.Original Post Deleted
Proof, if any were needed, of how special she is.