Cinema in the basement, a fancy fridge in the kitchen and an electric wardrobe in the dressing room: How Clarence House was turned into a thoroughly modern home by Prince Philip after he and the Queen married

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Cinema in the basement, a fancy fridge in the kitchen and an electric wardrobe in the dressing room: How Clarence House was turned into a thoroughly modern home by Prince Philip after he and the Queen married

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When they moved into Clarence House in the summer of 1949, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip had everything any up and coming young couple needed – and much more. The 19th century London home – now where King Charles lives when in the capital – near St James' Palace in Westminster had been refurbished at a cost of more than £50,000, the equivalent of nearly £1.5million today. The kitchen boasted stainless steel work surfaces, a fridge costing £2,000 (£60,000 in today's money) that could make ice for cocktail parties and an electric oven.
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