What possessed employees of the queen of England to apply for low-income heat subsidy. Granted the Queen pays $1.5 million a year for heat but low-income? What possessed an employee to do this?
Her Majesty's application in 2004 was politely turned down by the government and quietly forgotten until the Independent newspaper published the correspondence Friday after obtaining it via a freedom-of-information request.
The documents quote an unidentified functionary as gently reminding the royal household the program was meant for people in need.
Guess that means that different ideas of need are held by some.
Apparently palace officials were trying to reduce the cost of heating borne by taxpayers. Now, that is interesting by in reality the cost would have been paid by the taxpayers no matter what just from a different account.
Taxpayers fund the royal household to the tune of $60 million a year. My goodness and the queen needed a subsidy for heat?
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