Buckingham Palace is owned by the state....if the Queen didn't live in it, we would still have to do it up. It's not a case of decorating it....the electrics are practically Victorian.
Oh come on QE2 - you must feel slightly embarrassed that you expect 50 million of your peasants to pay for the Polish plumbers to rip out your grandmothers old pipes?
As it is owned by the State, can I have a few years in it.? Err... NO. Can I have a few days.? Same answer. So, all the expense and none of the benefits. Whereas the Monarch gets all of the benefits and none of the expense. On top of that, we are poor and the royal family are as rich as Croesus. Somehow it just refuses to sit easily in my head. I wonder what someone sleeping rough outside might say.?
Yes, the UK's legendary capacity to never ever get an estimate right. After all the lunches and free bottles of fine wine I'm sure it'll climb to your figure. Maybe they'll even surpass it. Let's remember this moment, shall we.?
I doubt the President of the United States pays for the White House either. Every country has such property that their head of state lives in and greets other heads of states in. It's an historical building that has been neglected....if you neglect a building, costs will soar.
Nope your wrong Fran,he definitely does and what's more that North Korean guy is gonna let his people whinge on Internet forums from now on.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38041993 Ibe robbed of a watch after his car is attacked. This is the second attack on a footballer recently. This is worrying....unlike other countries, being attacked in your car is relatively rare here.
The kids of today My son gave me a bag of apples because they were out of date. They had yesterdays date on them. Wait a minute...is he trying to kill me?.
Palace of Versailles.? Who lives in that.? Not King Louis, that's for sure. As for The White House, up until next January, the bloke in there will have been doing a useful job.
