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August 2nd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda According to the Republic, estimated total cost of the monarchy is £202.4 million, making the average cost of each of the 16 working royals £12.7 million.
This is while that the average per head spend on a soldier in Afghanistan is just £410,555.
Even if the official cost of the monarchy published by Buckingham Palace – which excludes a range of costs such as security and lost revenue from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall – is to be believed, taxpayers still spend almost five times as much on a royal than on a front-line soldier.
Republic’s research is released as the Palace publishes its annual financial report.
“Why on earth are we spending more on a part-time prince than a front-line soldier? Time and time again we’re told that the monarchy is great value for money. These figures demolish that argument”, said Republic’s chief executive Graham Smith.
“It’s simply offensive that in a time of austerity, when everyone is curbing their spending, the Windsor family fritters away millions. The royals work a fraction of the hours most taxpayers do, yet they continue to help themselves to our hard-earned money”, Smith added.
“The new sovereign support grant, which gives the royal family a limitless annual payment from next year, will only make things worse. It’s time for politicians to stand up to the royals and stop them taking taxpayers for a ride”, he noted.
The analysis reveals that Prince Edward and Prince Andrew attended official events on less than two out of every three working days last year.
Even Princess Anne, widely believed to be the hardest working royal, attended engagements on just four out of five working days. On many of the days that the royals did work, they attended just one engagement – often a reception lasting less than an hour.
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