Should The Taxpayer Continue To Fund These Minor Royals?

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7176813/How-Meghan-Harry-splashed-2-4m-taxpayers-cash-new-bathrooms-bedrooms-kitchen.html

[Canary42]

Watch it AOG, you're metamorphosing into a Leftie ;-)

[youngmafbog]

Regardless of Frogmore we should not continue to fund minor royals.

If I had my way there would be none of them anyay.

[youngmafbog]

"Meghan has her own wealth..."

To be fair, I dont think she has.

[naomi24]

I don't mind funding the royal family to do their jobs, but I do mind funding extravagances like organic paint for nursery walls.

[dannyk13]

ymb. Depends what you call wealthy:-
//When Meghan Markle married into the royal family last year, her net worth was about $5 million.//

[jno]

so I'm paying about 30p for Le Palais de Meghan? Not only do I do so willingly, I'll chuck in an extra 30p to spare aog the burden.

[youngmafbog]

That's an estimate that I doubt Danny, but even so $5m (GDP 3.9) is not a lot in the grand scheme of things. Take GDP2.4 (The money being talked about) out of it and not a lot left is there?

[youngmafbog]

Please pay mine too jno.

[jno]

sure thing, ymb, anything to alleviate poverty in Britain.

[ludwig]

If we're not prepared to pay for the Monarchy then we should abolish it. As long as it's there though, and we expect it to conduct official business on behalf of the country, then we should accept it needs to be subsidised by the taxpayer.

[jno]

the US taxpayer pays for upkeep of the White House. This is all pretty normal.

[dannyk13]

Ludwig- Subsidised ?
//Another statistic from consultancy Brand Finance said that in 2017 the monarchy contributed £1.8 billion to the UK economy//

[maggiebee]

You have a real bee in your bonnet where the royals are concerned AOC. While I am in no way a royalist, I doubt if things are going to change in the near future. Pales into insignificance when you remember how much it cost to restore Windsor Castle. As ludwig has already said, if we are not prepared to pay for the Monarchy then it should be abolished.

[dannyk13]

Maggie, haven't you spotted that AOG's beef is with only one of the royal family?

[Rockrose]

I too am happy to pay my contributions, and of course AOG only has it in for 1 particular member of the Royal Family, any ideas why?

[dannyk13]

Rockrose. snap!

[maggiebee]

Yes Danny - Harry and Meghan today and who knows tomorrow!

[youngmafbog]

//Another statistic from consultancy Brand Finance said that in 2017 the monarchy contributed £1.8 billion to the UK economy//

And that money would no doubt come in regardless of whether they were there or not. The fact we had a Royal family is enough to keep the Tourists in and IF they generate some business income it could be still achieved with a much smaller outlay.

"Maggie, haven't you spotted that AOG's beef is with only one of the royal family?"

Maybe but others of us thing the same as AOG and dont like any of them - except maybe the Queen and DoE. So the question is still valid.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't mind my contribution at all.

[Bigbad]

“if we are not prepared to pay for the Monarchy then it should be abolished.”

Have we ever been asked if we’re prepared to pay?