The latest Sovereign Grant report details record-high royal spending, but the investigation results into claims of Meghan Markle's bullying were left out.
took to the Caribbean was the most expensive royal tour, coming in at £226,000. The ongoing, 10-year-long refurbishment of Buckingham Palace and other travel costs—including the expensive royal train—accounted for many of the additional expenses.for example, spent £32,000 taking a charter flight to the royal premiere of the James Bond moviewhile his high-profile trip to Barbados to mark the country’s move to become a republic cost £138,000.
June’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations also accounted for some of the additional expenses, costing £28 million—though they also generated billions of pounds for Britain’s struggling hospitality industry. And though Buckingham Palace has welcomed more visitors in the past year, the numbers are still not back up to pre-pandemic levels, which has accounted for additional lost revenue.
The report also shows that despite her age, the queen remains an active head of state. She carried out 201 engagements last year, while all of the working royals racked up nearly 2,300 engagements between them. Aides say there was a desire to get back to in-person engagements around the country and the Commonwealth as soon as social distancing restrictions were lifted last year, and the busy year for international travel resulted in a hike in expenditure.
had bullied members of her staff at Kensington Palace. Though the findings of the inquiry were due to be made public in the review, the results will remain private because no money from the Sovereign Grant was spent on the inquiry, .The Times
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