VIDEO INTERVIEW | Skerlev: The royal family works, Princess Anne is the hardest working, and Prince Andrew is the laziest
The wealth of the British family has always been a subject of discussion, where did they get so much money, when they practically do not earn, many will say "they just spend", "they are a burden to the state", etc. The royal family has a huge inheritance, until 1760 the land throughout the country was royal, but then King George gave up parts of the property in exchange for a royal grant and since then the state began to somehow "support" the royal family. In addition, the monarchy is financed by the taxes of the British.
The revolt, in some parts of Great Britain, (especially noticeable in Ireland, Scotland) comes from not knowing where their money goes and what it is spent on, there are no detailed accounts of how the king, queen and other members behave with the money, , but not in England. The English have accepted it as a tradition, he says Free Press Jeanetta Skerlev, correspondent and columnist from London.
-According to the latest polls, over 60 percent of the British people have a positive opinion of the royal family, 35 percent have a negative opinion, but these days the new budget was drawn up and the announcement that there will be an increase in taxes, this raises the question while we, the common people, save and cut back , we are dealing with the squalor, what does the aristocracy do with the money? According to the latest reports from the anti-monarchist movement, the royal family costs the British people £510.000.000 a year. On the other hand, the financial consultant of the royal family denies, claiming that only 86.000.000 pounds "weighs" the royal family - says Skerlev.
When the royal family passes by, the streets are not closed, as for example when an official passes by in Macedonia, as Skerlev explains, she even had the opportunity to meet Princess Anna on the street, but all this costs a lot of money, she adds.
The royal family is the biggest magnet for attracting tourists to England, that way the state gets money, but the question arises whether any of them earn somehow.
- The monarchy responds to criticism by saying that they give good value for the sovereign grant they receive from the state, because they work. Last year they had a variety of 2.700 events, over 95.000 guests who welcomed them, here are our ambassadors, politicians who come to England go to a reception with the king. The most valuable of them is Princess Anna, the king's sister, and the laziest is Prince Andrew, the king's brother - says Skerlev.