"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:46:32 +0000, Richard Conway
wrote:

John Rumm wrote:
Tim S wrote:

Besides, the royals surrendered a great deal of land in exchange for
the
civil list, so it's not like they are total spongers.

What was the estimated cost published recently? 64p/year per person
IIRC. Sounds like very good value to me!

Is that figure derived simply by dividing the cost of their upkeep by
the number of people? Don't forget that there are a great many people
in this country who don't pay tax - and not only are us taxpayers paying
for their upkeep we are also paying the 64p for the upkeep of the royal
family too.

There are also people who pay a great deal of tax

Not the Queen though. During the Thatcher made depression the Queen paid
sweet FA in tax. Only when there was public outrage, as 100,000s were living
on the streets, did she "volunteer" to pay 10%. They are served serving
****ing parasites.