How the Queen spends £1.4MILLION year for her 96,000 guests – including £500k on BOOZE
Following unrest over the Buckingham Palace refurbishment, the details of Her Majesty's spending has been revealed
THE massive £369 million sum for refurbishing Buckingham Palace announced last Friday has reignited debate about how money the Royal Family cost taxpayers each year.
This refurbishment will be paid for through the Sovereign Grant, which is provided to The Queen by the government for her official duties.
The Queen received £40.1 million in this financial year, an increase of £4.1 million on the previous period.
This was blamed on a whooping £18 million bill for "property maintenance and major projects", which included funding a new £1.3 million roof for Windsor Castle.
The reports that £19.5 million from the Sovereign Grant paid for The Queen's 431 staff members.
She has also to spend a sizeable amount on her 96,000 guests, including half a million pounds on wine and spirits alone in 2015/16.
The food and drink bill for Her Majesty was £1.4 million.
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The Queen's favourite champagne Pol Roger can also fetch up to £400 per bottle.
A massive amount of cash supports her thousands of important engagements around the world.
The Royal Household spent £4 million on travel to fulfil 3,000 official trips in 2015/16.
Print, post and stationary costs added another £1 million as the Queen sent 232,000 cards to Brits celebrating their 100th birthday.
The grant is the Queen's main source of income and contributes to her overall fortune of £340 million according to .
Campaigners have joined the call for The Monarchy to foot the bill to refurbish Buckingham Palace.
The government agreed to wave through a rise in the Sovereign Grant, currently at 15 per cent, for the 10-year repair job, which will begin next April if approved by MPs.
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