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, 1 reply)

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)