18th April 2011, 4:07 PM
Quote:It's good they don't make any money, but my question is where is that money they are "paying back" so much of actually come from? Is it tourist money, or what? Whether or not it's a good thing or something that could be vastly improved on depends on the answer.
It's all the revenue from the royal family's property, which includes offices, retail, hotels, golf clubs, farms, parks, ect. The royal family surrenders the entirety of that money to the British Treasury and then receives a portion back for expenses and so on.
It's all there in Wikipedia if you want to know more.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.