The Queen and the Royal Family cost the UK taxpayer £37.4m in the last financial year, her financial public accounts reveal.
The cost, equivalent to 62p per person in the UK, rose 4.2% over the previous year, accountants said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5123580.stm
Value for money or should we spend the money on something useful?
2006-06-28 08:07:12 · 5 answers · asked by Macaroni 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
Well, when we have an NHS crippled by financial debt, i think 37.4 million would look quite well going towards sortign that problem out.
2006-06-28 09:29:08 · answer #1 · answered by thomas p 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't think I have time to answer this - I'm imagining how useful an extra 62p per year would be to me!
I wonder how much each it would cost if we got rid of the monarchy and had President Blair instead!
2006-06-28 18:01:22 · answer #2 · answered by hippoterry2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you compare that to the millions of pounds they bring in in tourist dollars, I can't think of a better investment. And the 'new' Royals seem to be very adept at getting media coverage around the world, unlike their very staid ancestors. It sounds like a win-win situation. Sort of a Royal Zoo with talking animals?
2006-06-28 19:09:51 · answer #3 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we shld get rid of them, why shld some pple be superior than others by birth right, we shld vote for anyone who wants to lead.
2006-06-29 07:52:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they would only be value for money if there were 37.4 million of them.
2006-06-28 16:13:42 · answer #5 · answered by mark h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋