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Originally Posted by sirhon11234
Honestly, Andrew couldn't pay $300,000 out of his own pocket.
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Why should he?
He doesn't own St James' Palace, the government does.
The apartment in question had been lived in by one tenant for a number of years and like any other landlord they needed to refurbish before allowing another tenant in.
Had the new tenant been someone other than Beatrice the cost would have still been there but it wouldn't have been news.
This is just the sort of thing that bugs me with many British people and their monarchy. They want the pomp and circumstance and would complain if it wasn't there but aren't prepared to pay anything to support that e.g. Andrew isn't paid by the government for the job he does. He should be getting the same salary as any other British Ambassador rather than be supported by his mother. However, many British (but not all) don't want to acknowledge that to have a royal family means that the individuals concerned also need to have an income but they object when they take on 'jobs' because that means they are cashing in on their royal connections but they aren't prepared to pay them to do 'royal' activities.