The news this week reported that Prince Charles personal spending soared by 50% last year ahead of the ROyal Wedding.
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Annual accounts showed he splashed out £2.54 million compared to £1.7 million the year before. His income from the taxpayer jumped 17.9% to almost £2 million ... much of it to cover official trips to countries such as Portugal, Spain, Morocco and India. His total income is reported as going up 5% to £19.6 million while his oficial spending went up 4.2%.
Is the Royal Purse exempt from drawing its horns in along with every other UK citizen? Or does the prince remain such a good ambassador for this country that we should applaud the increase from the tax payer? Sure, he pays his fair whack in taxation ( the 50% rate begins to bite! ) but to take more money from taxpayers when everyone is under more and more financial pressure does need to be questioned. One rule for the rich no doubt! What say you .....
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I say Snoopy it's a scandal. All this pomp and circumstance whilst people in this Country starve and are unable to look after themselves. It's the carers and people like them that I feel sorry for. They get very little support and lots of them lead an awful life (I see this first hand).
Also people with disabilities have enough to cope with without their money and care being taken away from them. I know some will say that the Royal Family bring in revenue but I can't believe how they spend it on such a lot of useless and disgraceful self indulgence. (Thinking of Andrew and his helicopter visits as well as all the rest of the spongers). Sabre
I say that it proves that this is really it in as much as we are NOT in it altogether and so much for the Big Society which was one phoney political gimmick.His income is in actual fact a state benefit in all but name and yet the government wants to force the very poor families with a maximum weekly benefit of £500.Charles and his family are already millionaires.
Off with their heads! Bring on the Republic! ;-)
Blame the government they authorised the 17.9% rise while depriving the people that could do with a rise as they are living on the bread line.
The Queen's expenditure fell by £1.8million the Palace accounts show. So as her expenditure falls does this mean that the next in line's expenditure will increase as he takes up the slack in her public engagements?!
Good point Parchester but I suggest that with public spending almost at bankruptcy limits, the Royal family should be showing signs of visible constraint.
Like other households there have been savings but other expenses have increased in keeping with inlation and so the reduced cost savings have been wiped out.
Yes there are more savings to be had and as budgetary constraints become ever more tighter then we will perhaps see these figures being revised downwards. Also the way in which the civil purse is calculated is being reviewed at present and an announcement is expected in October. We''ll see what happens when this is released and how it will affect the costs involved in having the Royal family.
This is sure going to raise the debate about Monarchy v/s Republic once again and the shrills of the Publicans will ever louder.
If we go Republic, we will replace The Queen with another head of state - maybe a President. The expenses will still be there, albeit reduced. Over the longer term though we also have to cater for expenses of the ex-Presidents.
So having Monarchy is not such a bad thing. Now if only we could market this as a tourist attraction to the umpteen tourists that visit GB. Imagine how much money we could make from this :-)
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Tough talking Sabre ... I like that in a woman.
On top of this now the Queen wants millions from the coffers to maintain her properties.What a cheek time to become a republic I think
Too right, Noddy, we have to maintain our property with our own money, why shouldn't she have to!