Scrap the Sovereign Grant

But they all have to have round the clock security Annie costing £100 million paid for by the metropolitan police.

And get shot of the Queen these buildings wouldn’t need security ? Turn Windsor Castle into flats ?

No, not signing thanks.
Doesn’t matter if it’s called an annual budget, they would need the same amount of money for security, maintenance and staff etc.
We either have a funded monarchy or we don’t.

I’m not signing either.

Royals are spending over £345m a year on themselves. We could spend that on school meals.

Grany what do you want to happen to the historic buildings?

Repairs to these buildings would still have to be paid for, or do
you want them pulled down ?

They could be open to the public become tourist attractions and bring in a lot more revenue No not pulled down this is our history people should be able to see them.

They are open to the public , have you not said the royals don’t bring in tourists ?

The buildings would still round the clock security

I think when the Queen dies, the royal family will be pared down to consist of Charles and William's descendants only. Likewise when William is King, Charlotte and Louis will be phased out so the monarchy will become cheaper over the years.

I also think Charles won't want to live in Buckingham Palace so that could be opened up to the public full time, except for the odd State visit. They need to tell all the Dukes, Edward and the Yorks to move out into smaller houses and pay for them themselves. There's also Clarence House and Kensington Palace- they need to pay for themselves rather than housing hangers on.

They could also cut down on their holiday homes or open them to the public for the 50 weeks or so they are not there. I do agree that they cost too much but I also think they give the UK some kudos.

Definitely not!

Edward owns his house as does Anne,

Is Charles a hanger on ? I thought he was heir to the throne,

Why should they get rid of their own property ? Sandringham
and Balmoral are privately owned .

Slimmed down monarchy. Never a republican UK.

Not all residencies are publicly owned.

Not signing

No, I won't be signing

Doesn't appear to be gaining much traction either.

I think most people are happy enough with the status quo

PC gets £20 million from the Duchy which should go to treasury. They pay no corporation tax or capital gains tax on that though it's run like a billion pound corporation giving them an unfair advantage The Queen gets a similar amount from the Duchy of Lancaster So all in all they are all doing extremely well out of the tax payer.

I think this is possibly not accurate

Check out the section on taxation

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finances_of_the_British_royal_family

I won't be signing.

And the tax payer doesn't fund anything.. but you know my peculiar views on this...

Yes, definitely scrap the Sovereign Grant. Return to the system of the Crown receiving the income from the Crown Estate. It's about £304 million. The Crown Estate is valued at £12 billion. Just give it all back to HMQ and let her decide what to do with her own inherited property. I'm sure that taxpayers will be completely willing to make up the shortfall to the Treasury. Great idea.

Grany, signed, I'm sure they can manage on less!

signed,Ill sign to get rid of them altogether any time I'm asked.Waste of public money ,parasites one and all.YESI do know what a parasite is and the description suit them to a T

The crown estates were handed over in payment of debts,,,,,they were to be allowed an income from them.Shame other folk can have a wee arrangement like that....vile entitled parasites

I agree with you Paddyanne They are parasites and very entitled.

They don't pay inheritance tax they have accumulated lots of wealth over many years.
Queen has 10 million in off shore tax havens

Their wills are sealed What have they got to hide

As well as Sovereign Grant P Phillip gets £400,000

We just can't afford them atm. Give all the kids free school meals instead.

Having a Royal family is part of the UKs appeal to visitors and in tourism alone repays its cost. Most of that cost is salaries of security and other workers to enable the engagements to take place.
Having said that, the Royals that do not do public duty should pay their own way. Although Charles is not my favorite Royal he runs the Duchy of Cornwall well, it does make a profit but that profit is used to improve the properties, not for personal extravagance.

RF is good for tourism Davidhs
This claim is untrue and irrelevant. Even VisitBritain, our national tourist agency, can't find any evidence for it.

Chester Zoo, Stonehenge and the Roman Baths are all more successful tourist attractions than Windsor Castle, which is the only occupied royal residence to attract visitors in large numbers. If Windsor Castle was included in the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) list of top attractions it would come in at number 18.

However, the Sovereign Grant is just one part of the total cost of the monarchy. The royal family's security bill is picked up by the metropolitan police, for example, while the costs of royal visits are borne by local councils.

Meanwhile, income from the Duchy of Lancaster and the Duchy of Cornwall – despite belonging to the nation - goes directly to the Queen and Prince Charles respectively, depriving the treasury of tens of millions of pounds every year.