You know it! And Charles is picking up the tab. Gotta love it.
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No, the British subjects are picking up the tab. The royals are supported by them. It amazes me how many post here are from people that will condemn people on the dole and turn right around and jump on the “free” food & booze at a celebrity wedding that doesn’t affect your life one iota.
Britain makes far more from the royals than pays out to them.
‘Naturalman1975’ here is very good at the facts and figures.
That the people should not pay the cost of the wedding was widely discussed in England. The palace announced that Charles would pay the costs except for the security. I know that the people pay the salary of the Royals; however, the Windsors are the largest landowners in the country so they have considerable personal wealth.
You also miss the point that the Royals have a sense of responsibility towards the nation and do good work on behalf of the nation and many charities.
I can tell you as a Scot/Brit, that many ‘dole’ claimants in Britain are lazy and selfish. Many are drunks or junkies who are still drunk or spaced out when they go to claim their fortnightly ‘giro’ at the benefit office (I know, I have served them as a benefit office worker AND been an umemployed person behind them).They cant spell or give the meaning of the word responsibility, let alone show any.
I am no royalist, but I’d rather my tax and NI goes to pay for Charles and William and Kate than some junkie waste of space who cant be bothered to work.
The Royal Family is not supported by taxes. They used to receive money known as 'the civil list': but this wasn't public money. It was a replacement for income from the Crown Lands. It was their property. Now as I understand it they don't even receive the civil list money - by their own choice.
I can see why you might be confused. Your Royal Family (and is there another word?) spent 200 million dollars a day during their train-wreck of a visit to India. But that's not the way things happen over here.
LLS