Something to cheer you all up, Buck house facelift

[Len Rum]

BBC newsreader just got it wrong

Sky news reporting it as taxpayer funding - so I suppose they got it wrong as well?

 

[blueish swede]

Buckingham Palace attracts half a million visitors per year and it has done for at least the past twenty years. At £40 per head that's 40x20x500000 = 400 Million.

Why do they need the money again?

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Exactly my point. Well found buddy.

It's not the taxpayers footing the bill but the Queen's Crown Estate ("the Crown Estate belongs to the reigning monarch")

"Belongs to" is a bit of a stretch. She can't sell it or profit from it and has no control over how it's run. People who bought a star on the internet have a similar experience of ownership.

 

[west didsblue]

Sky news reporting it as taxpayer funding - so I suppose they got it wrong as well?

Yes. They're making the same mistake as you. It's from the crown estate not the taxpayer.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

London will become this country's biggest financial asset over the next few decades. A huge part of its brand value arises from buildings like Buckingham Palace and other historical landmarks in our capital. Is there a city in the world with more globally iconic buildings and monuments than London? New York, Washington DC, maybe.

In practical terms, it's an absolute no-brainer.

Bollocks.
Royal Palaces don't feature in the top 50 UK tourist attractions.

 

[Sid C]

London will become this country's biggest financial asset over the next few decades. A huge part of its brand value arises from buildings like Buckingham Palace and other historical landmarks in our capital. Is there a city in the world with more globally iconic buildings and monuments than London? New York, Washington DC, maybe.

In practical terms, it's an absolute no-brainer.

I'd throw Amsterdam into that mix mate.

 

[remember arthur mann]

Knock the bloody thing down and build houses there, same that has been done over the years to hospital land and school playing fields. Preferably council ones !

 

[I'm With Stupid]

Buckingham Palace attracts half a million visitors per year and it has done for at least the past twenty years. At £40 per head that's 40x20x500000 = 400 Million.

Why do they need the money again?

Yeah, because I'm sure this is the only cost involved in running Buckingham Palace.

Just for comparison, the Palace of Versailles, which is in a far less convenient location, sees 3 million tourists come through its doors every year. Looks like Madame Guillotine has a lot to answer for.

Having said that, I wouldn't give a shit if this money was coming out of tax. In relative terms, this is fuck all and you don't throw away your national treasures because the country's going through a bit of a rough patch.

 

[aguero93:20]

London will become this country's biggest financial asset over the next few decades.

Future tense?

 

[SWP's back]

"Belongs to" is a bit of a stretch. She can't sell it or profit from it and has no control over how it's run. People who bought a star on the internet have a similar experience of ownership.

"Belongs to..." is from your quote from their website mate.

I only copy and pasted your post.

So if you thought it was a stretch you shouldn't have used it to try and make a point.