royal family of the Netherlands - one of the most “expensive” in Europe.
This, as written by Dutch media, are the conclusion of the Belgian researcher Herman Mattheysa.
He estimated that the royal family of Orange-Nassau, headed by Queen Beatrix of the costs the state at 39.6 million euros a year. Mattheys stressed that it does not take into account the security costs, state visits and the content of palaces. In this case the “cost” of the Dutch royal family would have amounted to more than 100 million euros a year.
In Europe only the British Queen Elizabeth II and her family “are” more expensive - 46.6 million euros a year, ITAR-TASS. As reported previously, in 2008 the royal family cost British taxpayers about $ 80 million - 2 million pounds more than in 2007.
Crown owned 194 hectares of agricultural land, forests and parks worth over 700 million euros. However, according to the royal accountants, this is not enough. In 2008, Queen Elizabeth II asked the Government with a request to allocate additional funds for the repair of the royal palaces, but she sternly refused.
other European monarchies cheaper cost to his subjects: Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and Norway have spent on the royal family from 8,8 to 28 million euros annually. Most “budget” is a monarchy in Luxembourg - Grand Duke Henri and his family enough to just 8.7 million euros per year.
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