Question:
Who foots the bill for Prince George's £18,000-a-year prep school bill?
anonymous
2017-09-07 09:39:03 UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/07/prince-george-arrives-for-first-day-at-18000-a-year-thomas-battersea-prep-school
24 answers:
anonymous
2017-09-10 11:05:38 UTC
In the final analysis, Brit taxpayers.
anonymous
2017-09-09 19:09:01 UTC
The Queen is a very, very wealthy woman in her own right and will, I am sure, meet expenses that the boy's parents cannot meet, however, I think that William will hardly be a pauper.
anonymous
2017-09-09 04:58:49 UTC
I don't care !
?
2017-09-08 15:53:08 UTC
I don't care. I live in Orlando, Florida and I've got a Force 4 hurricane getting ready to pay us a visit in a couple of days to worry about!
F
2017-09-08 10:19:18 UTC
tax payers of course, but £18,000 is the thin end of the wedge. There will be at least 2 body guards there all the time, plus extra police outside the school. Their wages alone will more than 10 x that.
Johnny
2017-09-07 21:17:23 UTC
They gonna start selling big issue and busking outside tube station innit then dem gonna strt a gofund me page for calculators and pencil sharpeners. But i reckon dat katey iz probz gna just nick some bags from pandland and sell em dan markit fur 3p coz shez smart innit
Michael
2017-09-07 20:47:13 UTC
Well, pensioner will pay their part and the queen will chip-in to give the other royals some of the proceeds that she gets in from rents paid on the farmlands that her ancestors stole from other nobles. And there's the EU's agricultural fund paying out millions to her in farming subsidies, Well the Royals, are on a very good thing.



At the same time, they have their arms stuck-in up to their elbows in the tax purse. And the Tories are more than willing to pay out. For them, the motto is God, King and country.
Jas B
2017-09-07 13:35:33 UTC
His parents will pay the fees, William inherited around £10 million from his mother, which he got control of in 2012.
Gerald Stone.
2017-09-07 09:41:26 UTC
Thats an easy one,His parents will pay it,George and Kate.
anonymous
2017-09-07 09:40:21 UTC
Ma and Pa hopefully.
anonymous
2017-09-09 14:08:58 UTC
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anonymous
2017-09-09 13:58:45 UTC
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anonymous
2017-09-09 13:44:48 UTC
The same mugs who pay for real life Vicky Pollards to have seven little welfare brats. Why do ppl so often attack one but defend the other?
Guru Hank
2017-09-07 19:51:50 UTC
Those nice French newspapers who have just been told to pay €100000 to his mummy and daddy? And of course people like me who voted to leave the EU, with the result that all that money which is in Euros, is now worth even more Pounds than it would otherwise be. If William and Kate have been sensible enough to set up an educational trust fund to pay for his school fees, then the €100000 can go straight into that, and it will be classed as a Charitable Donation, too.
Willie
2017-09-07 17:37:52 UTC
Not me.
anonymous
2017-09-07 16:46:15 UTC
Prince George's trust fund.
anonymous
2017-09-07 13:59:05 UTC
Contrary to some claims here, it's not the taxpayer, who doesn't support the royals.



The monarchy is supported by a minority percentage of the Crown Estate income, in a deal originally made in the late 18th century. This percentage is paid to the Queen and is used to cover her general expenses as monarch -- staff salaries, for example. The majority percentage goes to the state, meaning the taxpayer. A couple of years ago, that majority percentage amounted to around 280 million pounds.



The Queen herself pays annuities, out of her personal wealth, to a number of those royals who carry out royal engagements and handle other duties. These people include Princess Anne, the Wessexes, and the Gloucesters. However, Prince Charles pays the official expenses of the Cambridges and Prince Harry out of his Cornwall income. The Cornwall Duchy has been a official appurtenance of the eldest son of the monarch since the 14th century.



All the other Cambridge expenses must be covered by them. Prince William is wealthy in his own right, and his wife is the child of rich parents. I've no doubt they established trust funds for all three of the Middleton children some time ago.



The only real taxpayer expense is security coverage, which runs to about 100 million pounds per year, according to the most recent figure I've seen. However, the majority percentage of the CE income that the state gets more than compensates for that. The taxpayer is actually getting the better end of the deal there.



It is possible that George's education is considered an "official" expense, so that the fees would be paid by the Duchy of Cornwall rather than by the Cambridges themselves.
?
2017-09-07 11:41:24 UTC
The richest benefit scroungers in the country.
anonymous
2017-09-07 10:12:44 UTC
Prince William.



Nothing to do with the taxpayer apart from them benefiting by

the Cambridges not taking up a state school placement.
anonymous
2017-09-07 10:09:41 UTC
I pressume William's millions inherited from his late mother.
Wildebeeste
2017-09-07 10:05:02 UTC
Whats wrong with ordinary schools,these royals etc. get too much pampering.its about time they got to experience , life in the raw .as it is .
anonymous
2017-09-07 09:58:20 UTC
His parents.

Next Question please.
anonymous
2017-09-07 09:47:49 UTC
His parents will but no doubt anti-Royalist will whine that they are being forced to pay for his schooling because they believe that no Royal has any wealth of their own and that they all live at the taxpayers' expense
?
2017-09-07 09:40:56 UTC
His parents. Both William and Harry are wealthy men c/o the money they inherited from Diana - and it could be said that fee is being paid for by Charles, who was taken to the cleaners when they divorced. £18K a year is a drop in the bucket.


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