A re-energised King Charles has returned from the USA and is setting about improvement work at Buckingham Palace. The east wing has been flattened and work is proceeding on a grand new ballroom, in a move that commentators have described as 'ballsy'.
An aide explained: ''The King was impressed by President Trump's can-do approach to remodeling the White House, and by the way he has cut through planning bureaucracy. He seems determined to go one better. We heard him muttering 'let's see who's got the biggest ballroom'.
The new ballroom at the Palace will feature an indoor arboretum, a green roof, ground-source heat pumps, insulation made from British wool, a new armoury and shooting gallery, and, it's rumoured, an underground bunker for Andrew.
In a further sign of a warming UK- US relationship, the King is also believed to be planning a new 18-hole golf course at Sandringham. One of the bigger holes will be based on suggestions from Donald Trump. 'I know about holes,' the President said. 'I often myself into a hole, but I can always blast myself out. And I do like a bit of rough.'
