Does the Queen pay council tax, water rates and gas and electricity bills like the rest of us mortals?

Question

freescot, why do you think I am asking the question?

Answer 1

her queenliness probably doesn't pay because all us common working people subsidise the load of spongers called the royal family

Answer 2

All bills incurred by the Royals in the UK are paid for by the Parliament, and each month on top of the payment of bills the Parliament gives each Royal an "allowance" to spend as they see fit. So in essence the Royals don't pay their bills, the people do. Kinda like the other politicians of the world, they charge things and taxpayers pay the bill at the end of the month.

Answer 3

do you think any of them lazy greedy  robbing bas'tards pay for anything .

Answer 4

Dont be silly she pays nothing.

You the Brits supports her and all her offspring and she owns all that land that was taken from you british.

Do you really need her???or her elder son who cant dress himself??

What sort man is it that cant put his own cuff links on??

How the h**l can  he be a king when he cant even do a simple task such as dressing himself??

No wonder Diana wanted out its just a shame she was killed she was the only member of the royal family that was any good

Answer 5

what do you think...

Answer 6

no she pays nowt and when she is out and about she dont carry money,i tell you summat if i was in a shop i would make her pay for what she wanted.it makes me sick,they have stopped my disability money and she,s swannin about, i have never been out of yorkshire

Answer 7

I've never thought of that.Good question.You've got me on a mission now to investigate.

Answer 8

What a good question"I very much doubt it!

Answer 9

why should she? after all would you want to be the queen i certainly would not  no private life having to go all over place never being able go or do anything, like you do now

god save the queen one of our major tourist industries

Answer 10

yes they have a gas and electric meter ... she pays her council tax n water by direct debit ;)

Answer 11

the queen pay nothing

Answer 12

no we pay them for her'

Answer 13

Since she's only half Scotch, it would be only half Scot-Free.

If they settled up accounts and the Queen lived off the Crown estates, you'd see a lot more charity donations, giving and helping of less fortunate.  But, the revenues of the Crown Estates go to the government and a fraction of what that is worth goes to the monarchy.

I believe up until around George I or II, the king financed the military and the government through the Crown Estates and taxes.

Answer 14

no she doesent and if she does she pays it with the money we pump into the government with taxes and national insurance!!  She lives free and gets a whopper of a salary!!

Some people have the life of it dont they??

Answer 15

The Queen is subject to indirect taxes such as the value added tax (VAT), but is exempt from income tax and capital gains tax. Since 1993, however, the Queen has voluntarily paid taxes on personal income. As the Civil List and Grants-in-Aid are used solely for official expenditure, they are not taken into account when calculating taxes.

The Privy Purse is the Sovereign's remaining private income, while the income is private, the Queen uses the larger part of it to meet official expenses incurred by other members of the British Royal Family. Only the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh receive payments from Parliament which are not reimbursed by the Queen.

The Monarchy has sometimes been described as an expensive institution, with Royal finances shrouded in confusion and secrecy. In reality, the Royal Household is committed to ensuring that public money is spent as wisely and efficiently as possible, and to making Royal Finances as transparent and comprehensible as possible.

Each year the Royal Household publishes a summary of Head of State expenditure, together with a full report on Royal public finances. These reports can be downloaded from this section. This section provides an outline of how the work of the Monarchy is funded. It includes information on Head of State expenditure, together with information about other aspects of Royal finances.

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page4680....

Answer 16

What would be the point. 1st the government gives her our money, then asks her for a little back!