plus she is still raking it in from Windsor fire scheme

Windsor Castle required major restoration after the fire in 1992 and it was agreed that, to fund it, Buckingham Palace would open its doors to tourists for a few weeks every year.

It was a neat solution that avoided spending public money and allowed a peek inside the Palace for those who wanted to pay for the privilege.
Windsor Castle required major restoration after the fire in 1992 (pictured)

And it was successful. In the five years from 1993, £25.9 million had already been raised towards a total repair bill for Windsor Castle of £36 million. But hang on – more than 20 years later, in 2019, the doors of Buckingham Palace are still open and money is still flowing in. The restoration of Windsor was paid for long ago, so what is happening to the money now?

It transpires that it was diverted to pay for the restoration of art works in the Royal Collection. A worthwhile cause, maybe, but the public might have expected this money instead to be used to keep down Royal calls upon the national purse.

After all, it is public money that is footing the entire bill for a no-expense-spared £359 million revamp of the Palace (a scheme waved through the Commons by a small group of MPs who took just 13 minutes to approve the plan in 2016.)

that's a really nice arrangement isn't it?

Posted By: Tombs, Dec 9, 19:26:38