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Friday, September 24, 2010

Queen Tried to Use State Poverty Fund to Heat Buckingham Palace


The Queen asked ministers for a poverty handout to help heat her palaces but was rebuffed because they feared it would be a public relations disaster, documents disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act reveal.

Royal aides were told that the £60m worth of energy-saving grants were aimed at families on low incomes and if the money was given to Buckingham Palace instead of housing associations or hospitals it could lead to "adverse publicity" for the Queen and the Government.

Aides complained to ministers in 2004 that the Queen's gas and electricity bills, which had increased by 50 per cent that year, stood at more than £1m a year and had become "untenable".'

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'Queen Elizabeth II, head of state of the United Kingdom and of 31 other states and territories, is the legal owner of about 6,600 million acres of land, one sixth of the earth’s non ocean surface.



She is the only person on earth who owns whole countries, and who owns countries that are not her own domestic territory. This land ownership is separate from her role as head of state and is different from other monarchies where no such claim is made – Norway, Belgium, Denmark etc.

The value of her land holding. £17,600,000,000,000 (approx).'

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2 comments:

  1. Well, I can't say that this surprises me one little bit.

    The problem with people who are greedy is that no matter how much they have, they will always be wanting more. That is the nature of greed.

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  2. 32+ public buildings plus 3164+ low income dwellings got approval before ME! and my gang!, is that why there's that look of shock on Her Majesty Hags scone?

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