PLANES, TRAINS AND VERY LARGE BILLS
£42.8MILLION
given to the Queen from the Sovereign Grant
£4.5MILLION
spent on royal travel
£2.2MILLION
bill for housekeeping and hospitality such as garden parties
£22.51MILLION
total income and funding for the Prince of Wales
£3MILLION
used by Charles from the Duchy of Cornwall for private expenditure
8
per cent rise in greenhouse gas emissions from UK-based travel by Charles and Camilla
£97,703
cost of scheduled flights and a private jet for William and Kate’s tour of India and Bhutan (left)
£3.1 MILLION
spent on utility bills
100
per cent of electricity used by Charles’s household now comes from renewable sources including more solar panels at Clarence House
£1.3MILLION
spent on repairing the collapsed State Dining Room ceiling at Buckingham Palace (left)
143
full-time staff employed by the Prince of Wales
3,000
engagements undertaken by the Royal Family in the UK and overseas
1,580 tonnes of waste recycled
£25,000
typical salary of a Buckingham Palace employee
£56,470
cost of Prince Andrew visiting Mozambique and Botswana
£193,000
salary of the Queen’s private secretary Sir Christopher Geidt
£73,297
cost of private jet for Prince Charles to attend funeral of Shimon Peres in Israel
£20,330
cost of private jet for William and Kate’s two-day visit to Paris
33,000
miles travelled by the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall on official visits
14,991
letters and cards received by Prince Charles and his wife
510
solo and joint engagements conducted by Charles in the last 12 months
£18,690cost
of royal train for the Duke of Edinburgh to attend a Royal Marines dinner in Devon
£154,000
cost of Charles and Camilla’s first official trip on Cam Force One