Key Facts

• The restoration project began in 2017 and will cost around £370 million.
• Items found include a 1949 ticket to a staff social club whist drive, football pool slips from 1957, and an 1889 newspaper fragment.
• About 1.2 miles of old electrical cables made from vulcanised Indian rubber, which are a fire risk, have been removed.
• The whist drive ticket was found embedded in a lump of building rock and is from the time when King George VI was reigning.
• Staff instructions from the 1977 Silver Jubilee event were found, detailing how the royal family and guests were to behave.
• Other objects discovered included old boots, cigarette packets, decorative tiles from the 1800s, a pewter tankard, and a bottle of English spring water.
• Work in the palace involves updating infrastructure like electrics, plumbing, and heating to prevent future damage.
• The palace restoration is scheduled to be completed next year.