Even today’s poor live lives undreamed of by royalty less than a century ago …I do not see “today’s poor” living in edifices that even remotely resemble Buckingham Palace (royal residence since 1837) or the prior Buckingham House on the same site (dating back to the 1500s or so).
What century ago king dreamed of a CD player while listening to his Victrola? TV? FM Radio? Fresh fruit from Chile and New Zealand? Microwave oven? Refrigerator? Air conditioning? MRIs? Cellphones?...
Seriously? You must like social media. Food, health, heating, cooling, technology, travel... but SURE a handful lived in very big palaces. That’s your point?!