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Cost of Royal Family to taxpayer rises

27/06/2008

The Royal Family cost the taxpayer 66p per person last year.

The cost is a 4p rise on last year with Royal household spending rising by 6.1 per cent to £40 million.

The majority of the money spent by the Royal Family went on travel, with flights and car journeys costing £6.2 million last year.

The Queen's trip to the US in May was the most expensive trip, costing more than £400,000.

Heir to the throne, Prince Charles, also spent £210,000 chartering a yacht.

The figures were released by Buckingham Palace today and show the amount of money spent on maintaining the monarchy rose by £2 million.

The palace claimed the rise in costs came from growing demands by the government for the Royal Family to carry out trips abroad.