Cost of Royal Family rises £1.5m
- BBC
UN: Should Britain scrap Royals?
Queen costs Brits 66p each
Brown: Government must be rock in UK
THAILAND: Thailand bounces back two days after a bloodless coup
Royal ploughing ceremony
BURUNDI: Government of Burundi holds state funeral for country's last monarch Queen Baramparaye and apologises for the ill-treatment the monarchy received since her son 's assasination in 1972
Previous Page
Next Page
Cost of Royal Family rises £1.5m
The Royal Family cost the British taxpayer £41.5m in the last financial year, the equivalent of 69p per person.The cost of running the monarchy rose £1.5m compared to the previous year - but the Queen still had to dip into a reserve fund to boost the civil list.Nicholas Witchell reports.
BBC | June 29, 2009
