£102.4 million

Yes Esspee, I think it’s time for this to end. It simply doesn’t fit in today’s world. The royals are enormously wealthy, let them fund themselves. There’s a lot of poverty in the UK today, but we still fund these people to this huge extent. It’s really quite immoral.

Och, wrong again...average annual wage. (Which is worse, of course)

I'm going to have a coffee before I get anything else wrong...

They spent the same amount as the average daily wage on travel to get to a night out at the pictures.

And yet still we think they are the bees knees.

Excellent posts Casdon & Callistemon21

Casdon
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This isn't pocket money for the Queen, it goes in salaries for staff, expenses, entertaining other H of S and all the costs involved in running the offices of a Head of State.

I expect a President would cost as much or more.

It's an irrelevant question in the debate of monarchy -v- republicanism.

It's drop in the ocean out of our tax.

No, of course Johnson's not the only option Galaxy. We could have Trump. ???‍♀️

Good post Casdon and certainly puts it into context.

Is Johnson the only option. No one told me that. Would you be happy with Andrew because it's an accident of birth that he wont be our next king.

Having a head of state will be expensive whether royal or elected so the supposed savings ignore the necessary costs.

They don’t tell us how much the Royal Family contributes in the way of the money they attract in tourism especially from foreign visitors.
Also the amount of goodwill that is generated by their visits to hospitals etc.
I think it is money well spent.
Would you rather have Boris as President?

Oh no. my sums are all off. Just ignore me.

That's £470 a year, so £940 for my household.

Can I have ours back to pay for our fuel bill rise please?

The Royals cost us £1.29 pence each last year, less than a cup of tea in your favourite tea shop, less than 1 litre of milk…

I’d be happier if the RF stumped up for more out of their private wealth. Apparently the jubilee weekend cost about £27m which came out of the public purse-absolute madness especially at the moment with such hardship everywhere

Thanks for replying Joseanne.

I find it annoying when poster constantly criticise NS (for example) because it's usually based on daft made up complaints. "Bashing" doesn't make me stronger in my support, I support people for what they do, not because somebody else doesn't like them. If anybody wants to engage in discussions about her politics, that's good. I've no time for complaining about how much the royals cost either, like I said above.

But if posters want to talk about the merits of, or alternatives to, a constitutional monarchy, that's good. I'm sure the Queen and all the household can take it.

I get more exasperated with the breathless admiration for pictures of green dresses and for cheeky children.

I dont think questioning is bashing. Its perfectly reasonable to suggest that there might be another way.

Maybe you have volver, maybe I wrote clumsily. But don't you also find it harsh when posters bash and criticise NS constantly? You could say the bashing makes us all the more determined in our support, which is surely a good trait.

What then? Have I misunderstood?

I wasn't talking about it upsetting the Queen!

Yes I am sure the Queen can cope with people holding a different view to her.

I'm with Casdon, some might be surprised to learn. It doesn't really matter to me how much they cost. Heads of State cost money.

How much they cost has been talked about every year, for as long as I can remember. I'm sure the Queen can handle that, even at her advanced age. And talking about it isn't bashing. Not talking about what happens next because it might upset the Queen is not how to manage a country in the modern world.

I just think it is unfortunate that all this is being kicked up so harshly when the Queen is nearing the end of her time. I'm not naive enough to think it doesn't need discussing in advance, and that things should change, but the criticism and bashing is relentless and distasteful. By now it is actually having the opposite effect on most people.

Worth every penny.