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She does have a job. A job for life representing the UK at home and abroad. It's not like she can retire. The poor thing is 80-something years old and works (behind the scences as well) 300 days a year.

Fund the repairs- Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle etc are not her personal property [Balmoral & Sandringham are], she merely has life use of those properties. They belong to the UK and it is up to the country to pay for the repairs much like the White House & Capitol belong to us and we have to pay for their upkeep & repair.

As for the Civil List- well apparently it hasn't been increased in almost 10 years. And apparently HM was able to make some savings on what she had received previously & put it in a "rainy day" fund that would pay her bills if they exceeded her Civil List allowance [how many government departments in any country can be said to have done that- darn few I'll wager]and that fund is now being used up rapidly if I understand the articles correctly. So some adjustment is in order.

I have to say the gall of the MPs complaining about the costs is amazing considering how much they've helped themselves to the British public's money. It isn't like HM is asking for money to buy new horses, jewels etc etc. She is asking for more money in order to pay her staff who assist her in the performance of her duty to and on behalf of the UK and the expenses that come with that performance.

As for the timing- well I doubt if there is ever truly a good time for the Queen to request more funding. She's damned if she does in many quarters regardless of whether times are good or bad.

Exactly. Tradition, history, Nationalism. That is what it means to be British. The French don't have it.. never had actually. That's why they suck so much and everyone hates them.