Kensington Palace renovations for Dolittles now total 4 million pounds PLUS

Well, so now we know. All that clap trap about that apartment at KP only costing 1million pounds to renovate, blah blah blah, and it now turns it is costing 4 million pounds and paid for by the tax payer, who are also paying for his new helicopter supposedly from granny.  Nice when you can shell out that kind of money, provided by the public, many of whom are struggling to keep body and soul together and have enormous difficulty paying their bills for the basic of every day living  -  food, eletricity, water, gas, rent/mortgage.  Also note that it is only earlier this year that queenie was grumbling about needing more money to carry out repairs at BP, buckets needed for leaks in the roof.  

This is without what it has cost the tax payer to fund the renovations to Anmer Hall, which must run in excess of 1 million pounds, if not more.

I wish they would put a box on my tax return, tick if you don´t want to pay a penny towards the cost of the royals, there would be one big black tick in that box from me, every year, and I would double check it had been done.

What have they done to the apartment for goodness sake.  Are the middletons en masse moving in, sounds like it to me.  We will be supporting them with our taxes now.  To say I am disgusted and outraged is a major understatement.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2664060/Your-bill-refurbish-Kates-palace-4MILLION-New-kitchen-nursery-bathrooms-quadruples-cost.html

Lola's take on this
http://lovelolaheart.com/?p=1594

The truth had to come out.  We all knew there was no way all that work, spending all that time on labour, was only costing just over 1 million pounds. They thought we were stupid, sadly that is not the case.

What do we get for our money, us taxpayers?  A married in royal who has exposed every inch of her body to us, on numerous occasions, a lazy couple who rarely do any work, willy boy always looks petulant and miserable, waity, after over three years, has no idea of how to dress, behave and can´t even give a proper speech, and last, but certainly not least, they have presented us with a fake heir.  And for all that they get rewarded with millions of our money spent on them.  4 million KP, goodness knows how much Anmer Hall, probably about 2million, and of course the helicopter at what, 6 million. Total  -  approximately 12 million.  And for what?  This should be the scandal of the year.  These two must be the dream of the Republic Party, manna from heaven.  And why, can we ask, is Bizzie Lizzie spending all this money, that she gets from the taxpayer, on this lazy pair is what I want to know.  Waity and her family are ridiculing the royal family world wide, and for that they get these kind of rewards.  Something is seriously wrong somewhere.

ER's accounts are going to be scrutinised on Wednesday by Parliament and reading the DM article it sounds to me as if BP are on the defensive over this. Bad timing for the helicopter news to come out now ...maybe someone should point out that money is not for expensive toys for the lazies. I don't believe for one minute the main reason for this is for public engagements - IMO that is just to justify the expense.

"The Mail understands that a ‘significant proportion’ of the money set aside for essential repairs and maintenance has been spent on William and Kate’s new home. MPs have already questioned the use of money on private accommodation after discovering that £1million had been spent in 2012/2013. They were due to be told that the bill for Apartment 1A has spiralled to £4million, including VAT, when the Queen’s accounts are laid before Parliament on Wednesday. But after being contacted by the Mail with the figures, Buckingham Palace was forced to reveal details of the full cost.

We need a really left-leaning MP to start asking some very pertinent questions - Dennis Skinner where are you when we need you.?

Yes, very bad timing.  Although as previously mentioned, maybe they have had that helicopter a while, and someone has thought to leak the info now to coincide with the accounts and the costs of renovating KP to the tune of 4 million whilst other  palaces, desperately in need of repair and maintenance, go unheeded  -  think Buckingham Palace and the leaking roofs where buckets are required to catch the water.  I think we were meant to feel sorry for queenie on that one - I didn´t then and certainly don´t now.  Nothing wrong with that apartment when Princess Margaret was living in it, and she didn´t die until 1997.  I can´t see PM having let it go to rack and ruin, liked her luxury and creature comforts too much.

Have you seen this? Apparently chuck (PC) coughed up 1.5 million to furnish WK's apartment at KP. So that will be Duchy money = taxpayer money. I see our friend Rex Campbell in the comments section still saying it is not taxpayer money.  Wonder how much they pay him to go on DM and make himself look so utterly ridiculous and stupid.  Has to be an astroturfer.

I can be very honest and tell you that my oven did not cost 18,000 pounds, did yours?  Three double sinks as well, an American double fridge. Kitchen total = 170,000 pounds, for one kitchen.  Of course, don´t forget, they are "normal" just like us     

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2664671/GIRL-ABOUT-TOWN-Prince-William-turns-Bank-Dad-Kensington-Palace-revamp.html

I notice the caption under big ears says, "Bank of Daddy: Prince Charles forked out for his son's flat". William is not Charlie's son, such a trifle seems to have escaped their notice as it's not important enough for them to inform us peasants.
"Never mind the families living in hostels because the rent in London is too high for people to afford anymore, these two freewheelers simply MUST have the right shade of beige on their walls, or else they’ll scream and scream until they’re sick.
I wouldnt be so concerned with it all Kate, you wont get to keep it in the divorce." Again tax payers forking out, it's utterly obscene!  

Well said CrystalEve. Sadly for them, us peasants do know chuck is not his father.

Let us not forget either "daddy" forked out 1.5 million for furnishings, and "bank of daddy" is Ducy money funded by.....- yup, you guessed it the taxpayer. So, the total cost to us poor fools is a whopping 5.5 million pounds. And still waity does not seem happy with it at all. Ungratefuly little wench isn´t she. Think how many families could have been helped with that money, instead the 27 plus staff are laughing and enjoying it at our expense. If you look at willy boy and waity they are both appear to be anorexic, so why do then need an 18,000 pound, an expensive American double fridge and three double sinks, plus plus plus. That kitchen must be good to total 170,000 pounds.

Ah, I see the royals are rushing out some damage limitation. As ever, too little too late. The damage has been done.

THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge plan to keep Kensington Palace as their official residence until William becomes King, royal sources have revealed.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/484339/Duke-and-Duchess-of-Cambridge-stay-in-Kensington-Palace

Very predicatable, had to come.

Look at the size of the place. They could both live there and never bump into one another. Two larges homes and not a penny have they paid, sponging on the good old taxpayers. They should be ashamed of themselves.

http://uk.eonline.com/news/553436/kate-middleton-and-prince-william-s-6-6-million-kensington-palace-renovations-are-not-extravagant

There we are, the greedy billy middleton and his sidekick waity are to retain KP but they will spend little time there. Loved this bit

Kensington Palace will remain their official residence but in spite of all the public money spent on it, the couple have not taken to living life in the public eye in the heart of London.

Royal sources have said the couple feel "trapped like caged animals in the palace". Despite being one of the world's most famous women, Kate, 32, has even tried to stop people taking her photograph while out shopping in Kensington High Street or walking in Kensington Gardens, a public park.

Trapped, in that huge apartment, with that huge and beautiful garden. How ungrateful can they be. No, they don´t like being in London, too many people to see what they get up to, or not as the case may be.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/484339/Duke-and-Duchess-of-Cambridge-stay-in-Kensington-Palace

Words fail me so I will just post the link

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2669958/Two-kitchens-Kate-Bill-palace-renovation-rockets-add-room-cosy-suppers.html

I wrote this in another thread I think the Glooms will bring the Viper and her family of snakes to live with them.Pretty soon the Viper wants a royal title too.

Of course, The Viper wants a title. After all, she carried and produced the royal bruiser lab baby/sprog. In fact, she is the future Queen Mum. Yes! She already has a title, unofficial but then they make that happen too.

Ha ha ha ha - in her dreams I would say, and certainly not whilst chuck is alive, he, like the rest of us, has made it quite clear that she is far too common.

PC may have made it clear that she is too common but the fact of the matter is that her common spawn has latched on to his royal dumber than dirt princeling son and "produced" his "grandson". A little too late Charlie Boy.

Chuck has his ways and means, I don´t think it would pay to try and outsmart him in the long term. A very vindictive character is our chuck, with "friends" in high places who will carry out his every wish. If anyone knows the whole truth about that odious family rest assured it is chuck, nothing gets past him or his flunkys.

Oh my, look at this. I did the poll - 70% no and 30% yes. Great article for us, but not bill middleton and his bint.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/william-kate-arent-humble---3780579#.U6-xkTI1fP8.twitter

Oh dear, should the public be doing a whip round, the poor dears have "financial problems" - ha ha ha ha!

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/kate-middleton-prince-george-will-not-move-anmer-hall-finacial-reasons-cited-603255

At least there's one journalist who tells it as it is !!
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDsQqQIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirror.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-news%2Fwilliam-kate-arent-humble---3780579&ei=Af6vU7jrGImqO-rVgYgK&usg=AFQjCNEk5DrgeuMbAUU8ta8VGqmZsMLYXQ&bvm=bv.69837884,d.ZGU

Poor extravagant free loaders they'll have to stay at KP full of servants and riches let's all cry.

They change their story every day.

GermanY wrote:Poor extravagant free loaders they'll have to stay at KP full of servants and riches let's all cry.

I can't - I've run out of tissues from the last bout and can't afford any more!!!

Indie wrote:They change their story every day.

Of course they do - they're spinning so much they probably don't even know which way they're facing any more. That's the problem with lying - you have to tell more lies to cover up and change the story when the original lie is found out!!