The Duchess and Duchess of Cambridge for a controversial Caribbean tour cost taxpayers more than £ 226,000, royal accounts show.
Total travel expenses for monarchical public affairs funded by taxpayers through Soveringland reached £ 4.5 million between 2021 and 2022.
The amount increased by £ 1.3 million (about 41%) from the previous fiscal year as the royal family began to tour abroad again as Covid’s restrictions were lifted.
The Prince of Wales charter flight to Barbados commemorates the transition to the country’s republic, and his staff’s planned event air travel has reached over £ 138,000.
When William and Kate visited Belize, Jamaica, and the Bahamas in March, the couple were badly criticized for images of being attacked by “colonialism,” the two traveled on charter jets, and staff on regular scheduled trips. I traveled in. At a cost of £ 226,383.
It was the most expensive official royal tour from 2021 to 22.
However, royal aides have said that future King Charles will switch to sustainable aviation fuel use in royal flights to counter the environmental impact of the company’s global attacks. He revealed that he took the initiative personally.
The Minister’s RAF Voyager Jet, used by the royal family and the government, is currently operated on sustainable aviation fuel.
Sir Clive Alderton, Prince’s Chief Secretary, said:
Royal sources say: “RAF was a great partner … the royal family wants to show the lead here. Prince of Wales wants to show the lead.”
According to sources, Charles worked to reconcile the conflict between his responsibility to travel the world on a royal mission and his role as an environmental champion.
Sources said the prince was “quite allergic” to helicopter travel and would “raise his eyebrows” whenever a means of transportation was proposed.
“There is this rigorous process of reaching the top-end travel options only if all other options fail,” sources said.
They added: “If the recommendation goes to Prince of Wales, he raises his eyebrows and says,’Do this again.’
“And it doesn’t take long to see why he had to be in one place at a time, another. So that was the only option.
“Prince of Wales is quite allergic to helicopter use.”
Charles used charter planes and helicopters to travel around Belfast and Northern Ireland in May 2021 at a cost of over £ 29,600.
The Prince and the Duchess of Cornwall also flew by helicopter each July when they visited Wales, for a bill of £ 15,920.
Charles also took a helicopter trip on a 70-mile journey from London to RAF Brize Norton in November prior to his official visits to Jordan and Egypt.
When Charles and Camilla traveled to Amman, Cairo and Alexandria, total travel costs exceeded £ 123,500, including charter planes, helicopters and scheduled staff flights.
Approximately 179 official helicopter trips, costing less than £ 15,000, were made by the royal family from 2021 to 2022, costing more than £ 906,000.
Charles’ shameful brother, the Duke of York, was known for overusing helicopters at great expense to taxpayers.
The Queen’s trip to Scotland on the Royal Week royal train in June 2021 cost more than £ 46,400, while the charter and helicopter trips for William and Kate’s visit to Scotland in May 2021 cost £ 45,200. It’s close.