There's no fooling the Royal Family

on April Fools’ Day in 2012. Far from it. Because this was the day the Sovereign Grant Act came into force, sweeping away the long-established Civil List and replacing it with a remarkably generous new source of public funding.

The figures speak for themselves. Between 2001 and 2010, the old Civil List had been set at £7.9 million annually. In 2011, it grew to £13.7 million.

But then, in 2012, the first year of the Sovereign Grant, financial support to the Royals more than doubled to £31 million, and this was just the start of a cash bonanza.

In the most recent financial year, 2018-2019, the Sovereign Grant payout to the Royal Family reached a staggering £82.8 million.

It's comforting to know that they don't have to worry about money and that as they go about their business of ruling the nation. GSTQ

Posted By: Tombs on December 9th 2019 at 19:47:44

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Big hoo har on LOOK EASTS about the delayed offshore windfarm off of Norfolk (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 9, 18:38:51
- off with her head (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Dec 9, 18:59:38
- But crown estate profits go to the Exchequer, so... (n/m) (General Chat) - CWC, Dec 9, 18:41:19
  - not all of them do, 25% of them go direct to the Queen (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 9, 18:43:06
    - Ah, I stand corrected (General Chat) - CWC, Dec 9, 19:03:39
    - Cushty (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 9, 18:44:55
      - and she has a stamp collection worth £100m+ (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 9, 19:02:24
        
        She must have collected a lot of stamps (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, Dec 9, 19:42:34
        
        It's nice that she's got a hobby at her age wouldn't want her to end up in a care home (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 9, 19:45:10
        
        gawd bless 'er (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Dec 9, 19:09:35
        
        plus she is still raking it in from Windsor fire scheme (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 9, 19:26:38
        
        Dont hatez the Playa..... hatez the game. (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Dec 9, 19:37:14
        
        where was i hating exactly? rhetorical question btw (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 9, 19:40:22
        
        Very entrepreneurial (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Dec 9, 19:29:21
        
        There's no fooling the Royal Family (General Chat) - Tombs, Dec 9, 19:47:44

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