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MargaretR · 26-09-2008, 01:33

The queen asks for more - is this a sign that she has lost her marbles like Maggie Thatcher has? or is it just greed, and indifference to the hardships we 'serfs' are eduring.

COMMENTARY: Never mind low-energy lightbulbs... is it time to sell a palace or two? | Mail Online
"Consider the Queen's circumstances: She has a personal fortune estimated at £320million and the lifelong, rent-free use of two palaces, Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, between which she divides her working week.
She also has two further magnificent private homes, Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where she spends around eight weeks a year in summer, and tranquil Sandringham in Norfolk, her Christmas and New Year retreat.
Each of these homes maintains year-round staff, whether the royal standard is flying there or not, in order to be ready at a moment's notice for the monarch and her family and friends to drop in. The very thought of mothballing them when not in use, we are told, is 'out of the question'."

26-09-2008, 01:33	#1
MargaretR God Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: c l m Posts: 12,362 Blog Entries: 4 Liked: 518 times Rep Power: 68671	Greed, ignorance, or indifference? The queen asks for more - is this a sign that she has lost her marbles like Maggie Thatcher has? or is it just greed, and indifference to the hardships we 'serfs' are eduring. COMMENTARY: Never mind low-energy lightbulbs... is it time to sell a palace or two? \| Mail Online "Consider the Queen's circumstances: She has a personal fortune estimated at £320million and the lifelong, rent-free use of two palaces, Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, between which she divides her working week. She also has two further magnificent private homes, Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where she spends around eight weeks a year in summer, and tranquil Sandringham in Norfolk, her Christmas and New Year retreat. Each of these homes maintains year-round staff, whether the royal standard is flying there or not, in order to be ready at a moment's notice for the monarch and her family and friends to drop in. The very thought of mothballing them when not in use, we are told, is 'out of the question'." __________________