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    Her Royal Maj, living beyond her means, poor old gal.

    Queen to request £7m more from the Civil List
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    The Queen is expected to ask the Government to double the income she receives from the Civil List after accounts published yesterday showed she was living millions of pounds beyond her means.

    Figures released by Buckingham Palace revealed that royal expenditure rose to a record £41.5m during the last financial year, an increase of £1.5m.

    To settle her bills the Queen has been forced to dip into the royal reserves which have been built up over the past 19 years. These are expected to run out by 2012 during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee year.

    Palace aides have told ministers they need extra money to offset the cost of maintaining the Royal Estate of palaces and pay for increased fuel, food and staffing costs.
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    Re: Her Royal Maj, living beyond her means, poor old gal.

    Hard times for all... :'(

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    Re: Her Royal Maj, living beyond her means, poor old gal.

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    are they taking the **** piss?
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    Re: Her Royal Maj, living beyond her means, poor old gal.

    ^^ smart
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    Re: Her Royal Maj, living beyond her means, poor old gal.

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    Re: Her Royal Maj, living beyond her means, poor old gal.

    £41.5 million for the monarchy?

    Bargain!

    Yes, I really do believe that spending that money on the Royal Family is worth it. I would suspect they bring in more than that though tourism revenue in London alone.

    I'm not a fan of the actual Royal Family, the ones that have titles at the moment, but as an institution I believe they are an important part of the country and who we are to be British. It would be a great loss for the country as a whole is they were removed.

    (there is zero sarcasm in this post)

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    Re: Her Royal Maj, living beyond her means, poor old gal.

    Probably a lot less then some MP's have been claiming in expenses, second jobs and the like...
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    Re: Her Royal Maj, living beyond her means, poor old gal.

    Quote Originally Posted by Funkstar View Post
    £41.5 million for the monarchy?

    Bargain!

    Yes, I really do believe that spending that money on the Royal Family is worth it. I would suspect they bring in more than that though tourism revenue in London alone.

    I'm not a fan of the actual Royal Family, the ones that have titles at the moment, but as an institution I believe they are an important part of the country and who we are to be British. It would be a great loss for the country as a whole is they were removed.

    (there is zero sarcasm in this post)
    I agree, I'm no Royalist by any stretch of the imagination but in recent years it's almost become fashionable to slate the Royals.

    They themselves will bring in a lot of tourism revenue but there are other things. For example Prince Charles, often thought as a muppet, did (still does?) a lot of oil business abroad for the country. The others have plenty of involvement for charities.

    They're at this age, much more experienced than the M.P.s who tend not to last very long in their jobs. We're lucky that most of them participate actively.

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    Re: Her Royal Maj, living beyond her means, poor old gal.

    It really must be terrible for her
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    Re: Her Royal Maj, living beyond her means, poor old gal.

    Couldnt agree more with some of the posts, whilst im sceptical about how far royal money flows in terms of how much money gets passed to relatives of relatives of the Queen etc, Royalty has a place in this country and whilst doubling it might be a bit much the request should be taken seriously. The sheer tourism factor alone justifies it (who hasn't paid to visit a building directly related to the Monachy?) aswell as the sense of pride & patriotism that is generated, both in this country and on a wider global scale!

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    Re: Her Royal Maj, living beyond her means, poor old gal.

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    are they taking the **** piss?
    No, they aren't.

    First, the Civil list is to defray costs of official business, as Head of State.

    Make no mistake, if we abolished the role of the Queen and head of state, she'd get replaced by a President. Why should we think that President Blair, or President Brown, or whomever would be any cheaper?

    And the Queen is an institution, and widely respected in most of the world. A President wouldn't carry the same prestige, and the pomp and circumstance wouldn't do the same for Britain Ltd abroad.

    Next, the Civil List isn't money for the royal family to live the high life. It's for maintenance of official properties, and for official duties. It's for hosting official parties for foreign dignitaries, and it's for attending such events from other countries. As often as not, such visits are at the behest of the Foreign Office.

    When was the last time we were told what the Prime Minister spends on such activities? Yet people don't get hot under the collar about that.

    Finally, the Civil List is effectively a contract. The Crown surrendered control of the Crown Estates to the state, to run and to receive the revenue from. In return, the state pays the Queen's expenses for those official duties and maintenance. I bet the Queen would dearly love to cancel that contract, and we don't have to pay the Civil list and she gets the revenue from the Crown Estates.

    The Civil List doesn't amount to us funding the Queen. It amounts to her subsidising the state. Roughly, she gives up £200m a year in income, and control over a very valuable asset base, and we give her £40 million of it back. Utter bargain if you ask me.

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    ignoring the mash story totally - i have NEVER seen her that happy
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    Re: Her Royal Maj, living beyond her means, poor old gal.

    Quote Originally Posted by The Mash Story
    But Tom Booker, a man who has had just about enough of this from Peterborough, said: "I know it could actually kill her, but perhaps she could live in one house that's only three or four times the size of mine instead of eight houses that are all 40 times the size of mine.

    "Then we could sell the eight houses, buy her a nice vicarage in Berkshire with a staff cottage and an acre of garden and use the rest of the money to build a state of the art hospital for sick children. Or is that communism?"
    Ouch. Sure they sort of have a point but she's the Queen after all. Times are tough these days, but then again I just received an email from Harrods stating they have a 30% promotion on hats...I guess she'll have to let some bygones be bygones, shopping there that is

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