The Queen faces a “battle royal” with the Treasury by lobbying for the first increase in the Civil List for 20 years
The annual £7.9 million she receives from the taxpayer now only covers about half her day-to-day spending, according to royal accounts published today.
The Queen was forced to dip a record £6.4 million into her cash reserves last year to meet her bills, the figures show. This year she is expected to take £7 million from the pot due to rising costs.-o-O-o-O-o-O-o-
There she sits, dripping with priceless jewelry, hardly the picture of someone on their uppers, and in desperate need of a sub?
Why does she not sell a heap of her jewelry, her art collection, and move into a more modest house, and even do her own washing etc.
There you go, problem solved?
Well probably not, but one can hope, can't one?
There she sits, dripping with priceless jewelry, hardly the picture of someone on their uppers, and in desperate need of a sub?
Why does she not sell a heap of her jewelry, her art collection, and move into a more modest house, and even do her own washing etc.
There you go, problem solved?
Well probably not, but one can hope, can't one?
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