The royals cost more than official figures suggest, anti-monarchists say
The real cost of the Royal Family to taxpayers is £510m a year – nearly six times more than the £86m of state funding from the annual Sovereign Grant – anti-monarchy campaigners claim.
The Republic group says its higher total includes other factors such as security, not counted in the Sovereign Grant, which it estimates as £150m.
"How can we talk about cutting the winter fuel allowance while wasting half a billion […]
Royals really cost £510m, anti-monarchists say – BBC News