What kind of benefit or royalty coming on for queen of England and her family?
The Queen technically owns the Crown Estate with holdings of £6 billion; however, the income of this is transferred to the Treasury in return for the civil list payments. In addition, the Queen is paid with an annual salary of £12 million, this of course comes from government funds, which comes from taxes and other financial resources. The Queen’s annual salary is renewed every 10 years to reflect inflations and financial adjustments accordingly. Buckingham Palace accounts reveal that the Queen and the Royal Family cost each British taxpayer 60p per year (£35m a year, which, split between every British man, woman and child). What does 60p cover? Well 0.6p goes directly to Prince Philip, about £ 0.3million. It also upholsters Buckingham Palace, heats Windsor Castle, buys stationery – though the Queen is on email – pays staff salaries, entertains dignitaries and fuels the royal trains, planes and automobiles. The Queen’s personal fortune has been estimated at around US$500 million (£280
