Quote Originally Posted by gaelic cowboy View Post
Rubbish there getting millions of pounds when they have thousands and thousands of acres of land and properties they could use to make there own money.

figures in millions
The Queen's Civil List (figures are for calendar years 2009 and 2008) 14.2 13.9
Parliamentary Annuities 0.4 0.4
Grants-in-aid 19.7 22.6
Expenditure met directly by Government Departments and the Crown Estate 3.9 4.6

looks to me like there getting pots of cash for not a lot if you ask me.
Furunculus talks about how "low income people" are unable to understand the lives of "spoiled students", yet he refers to the luxury the royal family lives in as "peanuts"....