Queen to vacate her Buckingham Palace rooms for refit - aide

Britain's Queen Elizabeth will vacate her private rooms at Buckingham Palace in 2025 as part of a 10-year refit of the building to prevent a catastrophic disaster such as a fire or a flood, a senior royal official said on Friday.The palace is undergoing a 369 million pound ($481 million) reservicing programme to replace ageing and dangerous electrical wiring and boilers.Towards the end of the works, the 92-year-old monarch and her husband Prince Philip, 97, will have to move out of their apartme