Thousands Sign Petition to Make Royals Pay for Princess Eugenie's Monstrously Huge Wedding Bill
Princess Eugenie's royal wedding is going down in T-minus just a few days (October 12! Mark your cal!), and as a reminder it's costing our friends across the pond in England SO. MUCH. MONEY. Security for this ~do~ is setting taxpayers back two million pounds, which-to be fair-is being put to good use keeping Eugenie and her husband-to-be Jack Brooksbank safe.
But taxpayers understandably aren't thrilled about the high cost of another royal wedding, especially considering that Eugenie isn't one of the "main" working royals, and that she and her family are fully LOADED.
#Eugeniewedding
She has no public duties, her dad's raking it in, and we pay ￡2 million for her 'royal' wedding? This is one of the richest families in the UK, which lives off the state. Grow up royalists. See the light, Stop hanging on to childhood fairy tales.- Yasmin alibhai-brown (@y_alibhai) August 17, 2018
In other words, this is people in England:
And now? Now there's a petition floating around with thousands of signatures asking that the royals cover the two million taxpayer burden of this wedding. The petition comes from Republic, a campaign to replace the monarchy with elected heads of state (errrrr), and royal correspondents are confirming that about 6k people have signed:
Petition by campaign group @RepublicStaff, has generated nearly 6,000 signatures to call for the security costs of #royalwedding2 (Eugenie & Jack) on 12 October to be paid for by Royal Family, not from police budgets. Costs thought to be around ￡2m
- Chris Ship (@chrisshipitv) September 28, 2018
This Windsor wedding's going to be a bit more controversial than the one in May. The decision to leave the castle with a mini carriage procession has a big impact on the security bill. https://t.co/tWHcuKSCSd
- Simon Vigar (@simonvigar5) September 28, 2018
Two sides to a royal wedding: as @RepublicStaff petition calling for no taxpayer funding of Princess Eugenie's wedding (which actually amounts to only security costs) attracts 5,000 signatures, @RCT launch their commemorative china (profits to charity) including a ￡39 tankard. pic.twitter.com/thkJ79ujdD
- Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) September 28, 2018
Woof, sounds complicated. Time to do our civic duty as royal drama enthusiasts and vote:
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