A man repairs a sign above an amusement arcade on the seafront amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Southend on Sea, Britain September 17, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley

A man repairs a sign above an amusement arcade on the seafront amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Southend on Sea, Britain September 17, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrive at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge are seen at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge play a game at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge looks on at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during her visit to Barry Island, South Wales, as local businesses reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge reacts at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during her visit to Barry Island, South Wales, as local businesses reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge leave Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, as local businesses reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge leave Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, as local businesses reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge talk to the staff at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade, where the show Gavin and Stacey is filmed, during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, as local businesses reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge talk to the staff at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade, where the show Gavin and Stacey is filmed, during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, as local businesses reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge play 'grab a teddy' game at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, as local businesses reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge play a game at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge play a game at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge react as they play a game at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge leave Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, as local businesses reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge are seen at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, as local businesses reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge are seen at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, as local businesses reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge are seen at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, as local businesses reopen amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge play a 'grab a teddy' game at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge play a 'grab a teddy' game at Island Leisure Amusement Arcade during their visit to Barry Island, South Wales, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, Britain August 5, 2020. Ben Birchall/Pool via REUTERS

It is the only property outside of Britain that Queen Elizabeth called home. A villa near Malta's capital, Valletta, where the heir to the English throne lived between 1949 and 1951, is about to get a new lease of life as a museum of the Mediterranean island's links with the United Kingdom and the royal family. The arcaded, two-storey property is a shadow of its former self. The rooms are bare, paint is peeling off the walls to reveal old murals beneath, the enclosed garden is overgrown and part of a colonnaded belvedere in it has collapsed. Now that the government of Malta has finally acquired the Villa Guardamangia after years of trying, it hopes to restore it to its former state when it was a charming, if relatively modest home for the future British queen. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "QUEEN ELIZABETH VILLA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

A view shows hygiene instructions on a luminous sign at the slots arcade area of Mecca Bingo, after it reopened following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Luton, Britain, July 4, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

A woman plays at a slots arcade machine of Mecca Bingo, after it reopened following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Luton, Britain, July 4, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

A man plays at a slots arcade machine of Mecca Bingo, after it reopened following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Luton, Britain, July 4, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

A woman plays at a slots arcade machine of Mecca Bingo, after it reopened following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Luton, Britain, July 4, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra

A man wearing a protective mask chooses a video game at the arcade game center Mikado in Tokyo, Japan June 15, 2020. The arcade reopened last Friday after it had stopped business for 65 days amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A staff member cleans a video game player with alcohol at the arcade game center Mikado in Tokyo, Japan June 15, 2020. The arcade reopened last Friday after it had stopped business for 65 days amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A staff member cleans a video game player with alcohol at the arcade game center Mikado in Tokyo, Japan June 15, 2020. The arcade reopened last Friday after it had stopped business for 65 days amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A man wearing a protective mask plays a video game at the arcade game center Mikado in Tokyo, Japan June 15, 2020. The arcade reopened last Friday after it had stopped business for 65 days amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A man wearing a protective mask plays a video game at the arcade game center Mikado in Tokyo, Japan June 15, 2020. The arcade reopened last Friday after it had stopped business for 65 days amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A man wearing a protective mask plays a video game at the arcade game center Mikado in Tokyo, Japan June 15, 2020. The arcade reopened last Friday after it had stopped business for 65 days amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

A man and his child walk through a deserted shopping arcade in Manchester, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Manchester, Britain, June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a closed amusement arcade in Whitburn, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Whitburn, Britain, June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Lee Smith

A man wearing a protective face mask holds his wallet in a shopping arcade where some shops opened for the first time following a nationwide lockdown against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Athens, Greece, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

A woman walks past the arcade closed amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, U.S., April 25, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The logo of a Korian is seen on Les Arcades retirement home (Ehpad) in Paris during a lockdown imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

A view shows the deserted arcades of the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Staff members of a game arcade wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), are seen the day before a state of emergency is expected to be imposed at Akihabara shopping and amusement district in Tokyo, Japan April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Children wearing face masks play at an arcade inside an empty shopping mall amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Kathmandu, Nepal March 21, 2020. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

People relax in a quiet arcade, as the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases grow around the world, in London, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

Merchandise for sale at an arcade in Blackpool as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world, in Blackpool, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Carl Recine

General view inside an arcade in Blackpool as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world, in Blackpool, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Carl Recine

A lady inside an arcade in Blackpool as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world, in Blackpool, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Carl Recine

Facemasks for sale at an arcade in Blackpool as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world, in Blackpool, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Carl Recine

A man walks through a sparsely populated arcade in Covent Garden in London, Britain March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

The arcades on a virtually desserted Via Roma are seen, on the third day of an unprecedented lockdown across of all Italy imposed to slow the outbreak of coronavirus, in Turin, Italy, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca

A person walks in a virtually deserted arcades in via Roma, on the third day of an unprecedented lockdown across of all Italy imposed to slow the outbreak of coronavirus, in Turin, Italy, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca

A person walks in a virtually deserted arcades in via Roma, on the third day of an unprecedented lockdown across of all Italy imposed to slow the outbreak of coronavirus, in Turin, Italy, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Massimo Pinca

People attend the funeral of several of the victims killed by shooters at a slot-machine arcade in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, in Uruapan, Mexico, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

People attend the funeral of several of the victims killed by shooters at a slot-machine arcade in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, in Uruapan, Mexico, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

People attend the funeral of several of the victims killed by shooters at a slot-machine arcade in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, in Uruapan, Mexico, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

A man protects himself from the rain during the funeral of several of the victims killed by shooters at a slot-machine arcade in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, in Uruapan, Mexico, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

People attend the funeral of several of the victims killed by shooters at a slot-machine arcade in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, in Uruapan, Mexico, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

People attend the funeral of several of the victims killed by shooters at a slot-machine arcade in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, in Uruapan, Mexico, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

People attend a mass for the funeral of several of the victims killed by shooters at a slot-machine arcade in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, in Uruapan, Mexico, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

People attend the funeral of several of the victims killed by shooters at a slot-machine arcade in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, in Uruapan, Mexico, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

People attend the funeral of several of the victims killed by shooters at a slot-machine arcade in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, in Uruapan, Mexico, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

People attend the funeral of several of the victims killed by shooters at a slot-machine arcade in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, in Uruapan, Mexico, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Alan Ortega

Mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro walks under arcades at flooded St. Mark's Square during high tide in Venice, Italy November 17, 2019. REUTERS/Alberto Lingria