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Should We Pay For Eugenie’S Wedding?
Should the public purse be used to fund today’s £2,000,000-plus wedding of Princess Eugenie, who has no royal duties? I can’t see what qualifies her to have such a public televised wedding. She’s hardly a significant royal and over the years her parents haven’t exactly covered themselves in glory. Maybe she has Meghan envy
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Apparently the £2m is for security alone and is funded by the police, ultimately the taxpayer – and no, we shouldn’t be footing the bill. https://
07:28 Fri 12th Oct 2018
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The costs are mentioned at the end of that article.
You can watch the wedding in all its glory during the breakfast show. Hooray!
The costs are mentioned at the end of that article.
You can watch the wedding in all its glory during the breakfast show. Hooray!
Allegedly her delightful father is paying for the wedding etc, the quoted £2m is for the extra security, particularly as she'll be having a horse'n'cart ride on public roads. Her cousins managed it far more simply and cheaper but their parent is Princess Anne, not Prince Andrew, and she's not known for excessive profligacy.
Apparently the £2m is for security alone and is funded by the police, ultimately the taxpayer – and no, we shouldn’t be footing the bill.
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According to the BBC “Buckingham Palace says the cost of supplying security "is a matter for the police".
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I also read that talks with the BBC on broadcasting the event broke down but it is being screened by ITV as part of their ‘Good Morning’ programme.
I suspect that the BBC told the Father of the Bride to take a hike. She’s a minor royal – I doubt anyone outside the UK has a clue who she is. It’s a tacky attempt to equal the grandeur Harry & Meghan’s wedding. Despite their royal heritage these people are devoid of class, dignity ... and sense.
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According to the BBC “Buckingham Palace says the cost of supplying security "is a matter for the police".
https:/
I also read that talks with the BBC on broadcasting the event broke down but it is being screened by ITV as part of their ‘Good Morning’ programme.
I suspect that the BBC told the Father of the Bride to take a hike. She’s a minor royal – I doubt anyone outside the UK has a clue who she is. It’s a tacky attempt to equal the grandeur Harry & Meghan’s wedding. Despite their royal heritage these people are devoid of class, dignity ... and sense.
From the BBC piece:
The families are paying for the private aspects of the wedding.
However, republican campaigners say taxpayers face an estimated £2m security bill.
The campaign group Republic argues that as Princess Eugenie, the ninth in line to the throne, does not carry out public duties, the families should foot the bill.
Buckingham Palace says this is a matter for the police.
I wonder whether the 'republican campaigners' have explained how the 2 million figure was arrived at. Often these 'costings' from campaign groups mix up fixed and variable costs. The figure, if broadly true, does seem high but if it is because the senior royals are attending then i suppose there would be security costs (but surely not anything like £2m) if they were opening a hospital or attending a festival etc, so it's just the price we pay for having senior royals.
Anyway, the "I can’t see what qualifies her to have such a public televised wedding" part of the OP seems to have been cleared up. The only 'qualification' is that a commercial channel (its advertisers) feels it's worth paying for
The families are paying for the private aspects of the wedding.
However, republican campaigners say taxpayers face an estimated £2m security bill.
The campaign group Republic argues that as Princess Eugenie, the ninth in line to the throne, does not carry out public duties, the families should foot the bill.
Buckingham Palace says this is a matter for the police.
I wonder whether the 'republican campaigners' have explained how the 2 million figure was arrived at. Often these 'costings' from campaign groups mix up fixed and variable costs. The figure, if broadly true, does seem high but if it is because the senior royals are attending then i suppose there would be security costs (but surely not anything like £2m) if they were opening a hospital or attending a festival etc, so it's just the price we pay for having senior royals.
Anyway, the "I can’t see what qualifies her to have such a public televised wedding" part of the OP seems to have been cleared up. The only 'qualification' is that a commercial channel (its advertisers) feels it's worth paying for
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