Frogmore ... some ‘cottage’!

I agree.

Another way of looking at it .....
How many people got employment from all the work done ?

I Agree

I agree too much greed.

They are all on the Royal gravy train.

I agree. Apparently the Queen gets around £80 million from tax payers and 'only' gave them money for the refurb with all the additional fixtures and fittings to be paid for by H&M - so let's all doff our caps and be grateful for that . It's obscene.

I don't think Meghan wanted so much to be "in" the royal family..... as much as she wanted a "royal prince" to take her to the top table of celebrity..... she has zero interest in promoting the royal family and our country.

Given the choice I am sure watching her mate Serena play or a lunch with Amal or a photo op with Oprah would win over a ribbon cutting or royal engagement!

They didn’t even need it. They had a large apartment in KP,
a house in the Cotswolds, offices in St James Palace.

They wanted out of KP to Windsor, more secluded than living in London.

Living in Frogmore makes travelling from London after evening functions difficult so they now have an apartment in Buckingham Palace and their offices have been moved there.

All for minor royals puffed up with self importance.

William has an apartment in KP and a house on the Queens
private estate Sandringham.

The Royal family costs each of us less than £1 a year, I can’t get exercised about it. Apparently most of it was spent on necessary maintenance works.

Necessary for whom?

For the building.

Wallis Simpson and the King are buried next to each other the garden of Frogmore Cottage.

The non-essential building that the couple decided they fancied living in?

That's what their own bank account is for.

This is beyond a joke ! It makes a mockery of their visits to those who are underprivileged and homeless. Something wrong here !

My old mum would have gone hairless as she had no time for the " followers-on ".

This makes my blood boil ,that money could have been spent on housing people who are homeless,sleeping on friends couches...even though they work and pay tax.Dont get me started on the waste of good air that these people are .WORK ....why would they when they can shake hands and smile and get paid handsomely for it ,and then pontificate about everyone elses lives .
The monarchy needs to end when Lizzie dies..its an out of date concept in the 21st century ..and that includes all these "honours" Emipre awards for an Empire that been long gone.Delusional the lot of them !!

FHS they are ambassadors for the country and for many really good causes, both of them. They must bring in more than they cost.

While not a fan of Royalty per se I’d rather have have these than the like of a President like Trump or Putin etc..

There's a vast middle ground between the obscene amount of money that is spent on the minor royals and the numerous estates in the UK and having a President (although Trump was democratically elected...).

H&M seem to relish their roles as celebrity humanitarians but demonstrate an eye-watering lack of judgement.

Apparently in Denmark , the Queen has shrunk the Royal expenses , to be more in touch with reality . The Danish taxpayer , pays for her , her firstborn son (the Crownprince) and his firstborn son.

The rest of her grandchildren are on their own from the age of 18y. The Danish Queen is quite eccentric , but understands that if the Monarchy has to survive , it can not do so if it spends the Danish taxpayer’s money, when it is needed elsewhere .

Frogmore Cottage is owned by the Crown Estate, ie the taxpayer, so we’re liable for its maintenance regardless of who lives there.

basically i can see meghan spening more time in canada than the uk. after all she left family and friends back there. dont think she's that happy in england .i dont think she realised what living with the royal family was like. i wish her and harry well. but some how i can see it lasting.the monarchy wont die out .ok things need to be changed and i think they will with william and kate.

The 'cottage' is probably Grade 1 listed, which would account for some of the eye-watering expenditure. I doubt very much if it belongs to the Sussexes and probably remains part of the Crown estate, and can be claimed back at any time, witness Sarah Ferguson's straightened circumstances following her divorce.
Not good, though.

That’s convenient! For the RF not us.

Do you not realise that The Queen gets the funding then allocates it to those who perform duties on her behalf?
The money for the renovations also came from the Sovereign Grant.
Why don't people check their facts?

I agree with Anja

What would you replace the relatively inexpensive Monarchy with paddyann?
Costly elections and an even more expensive presidential system such as the Trump Family?

I understand that the Johnson Family are quite popular

The Royals cost us 69pence each per year.

(Figures April 2018)

And just think what else we could do with that 69p a year - or a large proportion of that if we go for the more sensible pared down option?