https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/cahirodoherty/insulting-absurdity-uk-coronation-2023?utm_source=vuukle&utm_medium=talk_of_town #touche #royalfarts more like it n loved this too “So how do you square all that attendant misery against the fact that each year the British taxpayer pays tens of millions to prop up a tottering, dysfunctional family who mainly exist to mark public events or open shopping centers?

The royal family is bankrolled by an annual taxpayer-funded payment known as the Sovereign Grant, which in the 2021-2022 financial year weighed in (in American money) at $108 million dollars or roughly $1.61 for every person in the UK. That's a tidy annual sum for a country facing a financial crisis.” #mustread