Royal Aide Applied for Heating Grant for Royal Household

According to documents obtained by The Independent under the Freedom of Information Act, the aide complained that the heating costs had doubled to £1 m a year and that the government grant to maintain the Queens palaces was inadequate. The requests for replacement of four combined heat and power units at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle had been turned down along with an email sent to the Palace, Department for Culture, Media and Sport explaining that the handouts were to assist low income families. The email also expressed concern that if the Queen was handed money from the poverty fund, it would lead to probable adverse press coverage.

A spokesman for Republic, a campaign group calling for the end of the monarchy, said that “it was the most crass thing he had ever heard. The antipoverty grant is meant for the needy people and the idea that the Palace can take money from the poor to bankroll the rich is disgusting.” A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace declined to comment on the application which had been refused.

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