The figure is actually ~£300,000 GBP which is the equivalent of $546,441.88 US (with today’s exchange rate, of course :icon_biggrin: ) and refers specifically to chartered air travel by Prince Charles to Sri Lanka, Australia and Fiji in to assess the tsunami damage earlier this year. Check out the BBC article, Royals Cost Britain ~£37m A Year about the general state of royal spending as it relates to the British taxpayer.

I suppose there is a burning need for an entourage when you are royalty, as well as the justification for a chartered flight on short notice. Yet, somehow, I think half a million dollars (US) could have been used for much greater good in the form of aid relief for those devastated by the tsunamis. Just a thought.

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