@neverfadingwood How much does a royal family cost? How much money does it make?
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@Surasanji They cost a lot no doubt. But how would we quantify the amount of money they make for a country accurately? Most of the money they make for a country would come from tourism and morale. I would have no idea how to quantify that but I suspect its in the millions.
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@freemo @neverfadingwood Well, we can figure out how much tax payer money goes into the Royal family easily enough.
It looks like 43 Million GBP is the 'Soverign Grant' paid from taxpayer pockets to the House of Windsor. Which is a lot of money, but it isn't jaw dropping for an entire family of 'Royalty'. This comes from their official website.
How much of that is true to fact- there are always hidden expenses tucked away in situations like that- I couldn't say.
There is another number I was able to find from a group called 'Republic' that puts the cost of the Royal Family at 345 million GBP a year, which is quite a bit more.
I'm not sure how they came to that number, though.
All very interesting stuff for someone who's never had a royal family. The politics and part and parcel of all that nonsense is fascinating.
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Figuring out how much they cost is the easy part. The hard part is figuring out how much they make for the country.
@freemo @neverfadingwood There are also the functions they serve for the government and the people. Diplomatic functions and such. One would need to weigh the general cost of those services from other agencies versus those provided by the royalty. It's kind of a mess and I can't find many numbers.