How The Royals Spend Money Vs. How Regular People Spend Money

The Royal Family costs the taxpayer 56p per person each year.

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The royal household cost the British taxpayer £35.7m in the last financial year, according to this annual report.

Let's compare how much it would cost a regular citizen to do similar activities to the royals.

This is how much it costs to buy a house, on average, in the UK:

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This is how much it cost Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall to refurbish their flat inside Kensington Palace.

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This figure does not include furniture and fittings, the costs for which were paid by the couple.

This is how much it costs two regular citizens to go to Stoke-on-Trent.

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This is the the cost of two first class anytime returns from London Euston to Stoke-on-Trent, bought a day in advance.

And this is how much it costs the Prince of Wales to go there on the royal train:

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This is how much it costs two regular people to go to Worcester.

Again, a first-class anytime return

This is how much it cost the Prince of Wales:

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On the royal train, obviously.

This is how much it costs regular people to fly to Munster in Germany.

In summer and on a direct flight.

And this is how much it cost the Duke of York to fly to Munster on a chartered flight.

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This is how much it costs a regular person to fly from London to Edinburgh:

And that's ignoring the £79 ticket on easyJet.

And this is how much it cost the Duke of York to take a chartered plane from Northolt to Edinburgh last October.

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This is how much it costs two regular people to go on a 15-day tour in India:

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This includes a direct flight in the peak of summer (end July), a luxury tour around the country and a personal allowance of £1,000 each.

This is how much it cost the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall for their nine-day tour:

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