[Palace] Costs of the Royal family

[Invicta]

Could have housed 5 homeless families there and spent £2.4m on a nice house in Sussex !

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Well, I guess we put a line in the sand by stop funding them and charge them tax, as in any other business, on their income. No doubt they will have plenty of exemptions in costs and charities, but at least they will maybe stop being charged as spongers.

Crown Estates currently pays an effective tax rate of 75% - once the Buck House refurb is finished it will a rate of 85%. To tax them like any normal company / individual would see them paying less tax. The ultra rich pay even less than you and I in tax - the Crown Estates don't employ tax avoidance because it's a set percentage they pay - no off setting and all that rubbish. They pay more by percentage than anyone else.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Crown Estates currently pays an effective tax rate of 75% - once the Buck House refurb is finished it will a rate of 85%. To tax them like any normal company / individual would see them paying less tax. The ultra rich pay even less than you and I in tax - the Crown Estates don't employ tax avoidance because it's a set percentage they pay - no off setting and all that rubbish. They pay more by percentage than anyone else.

Yes but the Crown Estates do not belong to the royal family.... The Crown Estates are a Trust fund which secures revenue for the queen and the treasury. Effectively Joint ownership, but neither party own them.

The revenue from them is supposed to pay for government (previously the responsibility of the monarch).. That was the deal struck by George III in 1760.

The Queen gets 25% of the revenue, the rest belongs to the Treasury.
It isn't a donation from a benevolent monarchy, nor is it tax... It's the cost of being the Monarch.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Are you seriously asking that question? Do the tone and words in my posts lead you to believe in an utter imbecile? I’m not suggesting anything of the sort, I’m pointing out two things across these posts;

1. They pay IN a lot more than they take OUT -
2. Even ignoring point 1, why risk getting rid of them given the paltry sum they cost, we don’t know what their tourism draw is, but it’s not £0

I don't think we should get rid of them. I think they do a good job.
There is a fair and reasonable arrangement in place, in the main.

However spending an additional £2.4m on a private residence for Harry, is morally no different to the Expenses scandal at Westminster.
Why not choose to live somewhere else that doesn't need £2.5m worth of work. Lord knows they have enough to choose from.

Sure it's a drop in the ocean when we look at Government costs.
But after 10 years of Austerity, why should we think that Millionaires dipping into the trough is ok?
It isn't.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

It is very, very strange that a country in turmoil over the exercise of 'undemocratic control' by the EU can quite happily accept the continued existence of both a non-elected Head of State and upper House of its Parliament.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

It is very, very strange that a country in turmoil over the exercise of 'undemocratic control' by the EU can quite happily accept the continued existence of both a non-elected Head of State and upper House of its Parliament.

but they're one of our own

 

[Deleted member 22389]

2.4M is a little exccesive, however they are still worth the money for the tourism it brings in to this country.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

but they're one of our own

Not in Nantgardig they're not! (I used to live quite near there)

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Not in Nantgardig they're not! (I used to live quite near there)

At least you've heard of Nant, where were you?

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

At least you've heard of Nant, where were you?

Ferryside (worked in Carmarthen) in the mid 80s.

 

[clapham_gull]

2.4M is a little exccesive, however they are still worth the money for the tourism it brings in to this country.

How much ?

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[Worried Man Blues]

Ferryside (worked in Carmarthen) in the mid 80s.

Really like Ferryside, take the dogs down there for the beach, probably hasn't changed! Apart from a ferry over to Llansteffan which started this year.

 

[Billy the Fish]

Tourists come to see and tour the buildings.

If they were paying thousands for a meet and greet with the old bag then that'd be fair enough.

The buildings and the history will still be there long after the freeloading lot of them have shuffled off to the great palace in the sky.

The tourism is a bit of a red herring IMHO. Their real value is in PR for the county, they're flying around the world selling the UK brand.

If it wasn't them doing it, it would be someone else, and given the current state of politics that someone else would be a power mad, highly corrupt politician.

 

[grawhite]

The Royal family bring more money into the country then any other business, so the little bit spent on home upgrades is just pocket change...


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[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Really like Ferryside, take the dogs down there for the beach, probably hasn't changed! Apart from a ferry over to Llansteffan which started this year.

Yes - I've got good memories of it, but by Christ didn't it rain there!

(Fancy it actually having a ferry these days! Originally I believe it was so named because pilgrims used it as a short-cut to get to St Davids?)

 

[Brovion]

Are you seriously asking that question? Do the tone and words in my posts lead you to believe in an utter imbecile? I’m not suggesting anything of the sort, I’m pointing out two things across these posts;

1. They pay IN a lot more than they take OUT
2. Even ignoring point 1, why risk getting rid of them given the paltry sum they cost, we don’t know what their tourism draw is, but it’s not £0

1 - My point was only about tourism. I'm not debating their political role or how much they give to / take from the State.
2 - And yes, I'm seriously asking that question (which despite the bluster in your post you didn't answer).

 

[clapham_gull]

The Royal family bring more money into the country then any other business, so the little bit spent on home upgrades is just pocket change...


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How much ?

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

How much ?

Goodness me, you're a picky one. The precise answer is 'lots' and in the years of a royal wedding 'lots more'. Indeed, in post Brexit Britain I think that more Royal Weddings could be a real opportunity to Make Britain Great again.

 

[The Birdman]

How much ?

A lot

 

[clapham_gull]

The tourism is a bit of a red herring IMHO. Their real value is in PR for the county, they're flying around the world selling the UK brand.

How much ?