According to The Guardian:
…what it is like to be the poor old Queen? The boiler in Buckingham Palace is 60 years old.
Obviously the answer is not pay for it herself out of her own enormous fortune because … well, she is the Queen. We – her largely indifferent subjects – should be ecstatically happy to pay for her repairs.
…I wonder, as she hands over more duties to Prince Charles, and Kate and sprog will have to be wheeled out more, whether this spectacle will continue to persuade us on the “value for money” front.
The monarchy is part of this charade…
To read the entire article in The Guardian, please click here.
