8/03/2012

Each royal costs UK 30 times more than a soldier | The Galactic Free Press

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Wed Aug 1, 2012 5:20PM GMT

A new research by Britain’s campaign group Republic has revealed that the government spends over 30 times more on a working member of the royal family than it does on a soldier serving in Afghanistan.
 

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.
 

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