The Queen doesn't cost money.
Her family owns the titles to most of the West End and large amounts of other places. What do you think the ground rents are like around Piccadilly Circus?

This money is given to the country in return for the Civil List. I don't know the amounts involved, but I'd say we were quids in.
(CADmonkey rollllllllled another one, just like the other one, Sat 5 Oct 2013, 20:38, 1 reply)

It seems the Civil list ended early last year (so last years tax year)
and under the sovereign grant the Royals do face a 'more strict' fiscal management policy but ....
The Queen received £7,900,000 a year from public funds to support the exercise of her duties as head of state of the United Kingdom.
For AU$13.5 mill. even I'd be prepared to be married to Prince Phillip!
(s0ckpuppet logging out to reply to you if you're not careful, Sun 6 Oct 2013, 0:12, closed)

If the monarchy was abolished, we'd still have to pay for someone politically important to go and shake hands, or whatever it is heads of state actually do. We can't just hire some spotty minimum-wage tween and send him there by bus. The other heads of state would take it as a slur.
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Sun 6 Oct 2013, 0:39, closed)

No need for the tween, we can just send [current royal laughingstock], instead.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Sun 6 Oct 2013, 1:09, closed)

What, like the "Harry & The Fleet Show"?

(s0ckpuppet logging out to reply to you if you're not careful, Sun 6 Oct 2013, 2:45, closed)