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Red dragon

The previous high costs of 2001 probably due to the Queen Mother??
must have saved a fair few million on Gin and Betting on the Gee-Gees when she pegged it early in 2002

britmaveric

No worse than paying yank pressie retirement/security for life. Actually cheaper and generates revenue.

redfoot the fence

Like a governmental appendix.

Though lucrative as people come to see them.

But they do nothing.

Daft.

peterpan

Yea, BM whats Big ears done ? useless tosser he is, and now the poor poms are paying for is butt ugly slagdog as well. fucking wankpots the lot of them

Texpat

No comparison. It's part of a wage/benefits package.

You know, get elected to the position after meeting the criteria (over 35 etc etc)
Serve your term.
Receive the benefits.

The royal family requirement -- survive childbirth.

Daft.

EmperorTud

All the cutting edge cybernetics to power her mostly robotic body in her twilight years must have cost the taxpayer millions.

Then there's her reported 'extravagances' you pointed out with the gambling, roast swan sandwiches and gin by the bucketload.

No time for these parasites myself.

Lorenzo

Royal families are throwbacks to a time before TV game shows

Lorenzo

dang .... i definitely need to brush up on me English

jandajoy

Damn you colonials externalise your envy in a most eloquent way.
The fact remains, however. The Uk makes more money out of you sad tourist twats that come to ogle the " changing of the guard", Buck Palace etc etc. than we pay the dear old girl for waving out of the back of a car.

Envy, the sauce that makes the meal taste good ?

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redfoot the fence

slagdogdiggity!

Carnwadrick

Screw the money or the tourist attraction the cold fact is the Royals are a tradition that even a few Scots are proud of

gjbkk

I thought the place went bust

Gallowspole

They're a bunch of inbreds that Asians and Yanks appear to hold in a lot more esteem than the average Brit.

But then again, nowadays the average Brit's parents probably suffered under colonial rule.

paulsmithson

If only we had a royal family like the Thai people!

I would gladly pay to support them!

This lot with defender of the faiths( ie the mudsime scum)

No thank you

jandajoy

Can someone translate this swamp crawlers prose into some form of intelligent language?

astasinim

Cheap at twice the price, I say. Long live the queen.

daveboy

Royals 'cost each taxpayer 66 pence'
Bloody good value that.

Propagator

Have to agree with other posters that it is good value for money, considering that it is only 66 pence per year from each tax payer.

When you consider all the other amounts that we are taxed for and never see anything for it, then this pales into insignificance. This week paid out alone for petrol over £70 and about half of that is taxes, do I see any improvements on the roads, bloody joking aren't you.

Then there is the so called airport tax (green tax) for the privilege of flying somewhere, and loads of other hidden taxes.

Half the bloody taxes that we pay just seem to support the government of the time and all the 'jollies' that they want to have, creating a board to oversee the work of something, then managers to watch them and then another board to see if they are doing it wrong.

It should be noted that the Royal family all pay tax on their income.

Begbie

40,000/0.66 = 60.6 million

Correction the royals cost 66pence for every man woman and child in the UK. The cost to each taxpayer has got to be about 2 pound each.

As a London tourist attraction it would be fairer if the bill were be picked up in entirety by the London City Council.

caller

Eh up folks, lets not forget the amount of business generated by the truckloads of business peeps feeding off the goodwill to the UK resulting from the various Royal trips abroad. Especially if headed by the Queen.

The UK certainly gains from that.

At this rate, I'll be throwing a few more penny's in the hat and telling them to keep up the good work!