The Security Bill for Princess Eugenie’s Wedding is £2 million

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And it is coming out of the public purse.

Excellent opinion piece by Libby Purves in today’s Times pointing out that this extravaganza will have an impact on real people and actual crime.

Does the silly Bridezilla really think her Wedding is as interesting as Meghan and Harry’s? If she wants to copy their Wedding, she needs to pay for it.

I don't understand why they need a carriage ride. I'm from the area and the road restrictions and security is going to be infuriating given it's the wedding of a very minor royal.

This "branch" of the family is the epitome of entitled. The sooner they scale back on the Royal family, the better (and I am a fan).

Anne and Edward might be lower in the line of succession, but they are both children of a reigning monarch, which surely gives them certain status.

Andrew is too - obviously - but I think he forfeited his right to status by acting like a total jerk for most of his life.

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They are privileged kids that are pretending that they are hard done by and not privileged.

Lets be honest they have u job titles and no real jobs, plenty of holidays and know one of them is getting 2 mill off the public for her equally privileged mates to go to her wedding.

It going to put noses out of joint.

France, Germany and the USA are all on a par of ahead of the UK for soft power. They are all republics.

No, you are wrong. The UK ranks over all those for soft power - here

£2m is a lot and also a tiny amount. I realise that rich princesses are hardly figures of sympathy. But the royal stuff counts for the UK, it really does. And not just William and Harry.

We have an actual cast of people the world is interested in. (Not MN obviously, who are above such things). It is very, very valuable - not just to is but to broader foreign influence. Including things like women’s rights.

I've no idea how soft power is qualified so I'll take your word for it.

If it comes from Hello and OK spreads sold throughout the universe though, that can still happen without a 1.25m carriage ride.

*quantified even. Doh.

@QuoadUltra

My mistake, I was looking at previous years. Glad to see the UK back in number one position and if lesser royals positively influence this then I guess it makes the pill slightly less bitter to swallow.

I agree that £2 million is bugger all in the grand scheme of things, but it's the principle of the matter that gets me; the Duke of York could easily pay the security bill himself. Why is public money being used when emergency services are already stretched? It actively takes resources away from ordinary citizens. Still, I guess the plebs are inconsequential for the likes of him.

I am not a big royal fan but I am a bit turned off by the way that it is apparently fine to be a lazy rich woman and get money from the taxpayer if you are thin (Kate) but not if you are normal sized (Eugenie).

The problem with this bill is it is likely to be coming out of the met and Thames valley budgets. There is no money left. Officers are being sent out single crewed, they are at breaking point in those areas, response shifts are being decimated, yet they will have their rest days cancelled and be forced to work for this. There already is a leave ban in place due to this wedding

Kate and Eugenie aren't really comparable with their respective roles in the royal family though. Eugenie's rank is more on a
par with Zara who is also 'normal sized' and manages to be well liked and to have had a private wedding.

I don’t take issue with them because of their size or their looks at all. They’ve really got up my nose with the most recent press crap “there is no precedent, we’re the first ones”.

Eh, naw hen. Zara, Lady Chatto, Anne even. All royal women who have managed to have careers/lives outwith the spotlight. Take note from Zara particularly, had they changed the rules some 30 years ago you’d (quite rightly) be behind her.

I couldn’t care less how much they weigh. I care about the way they are squandering £2m which could be spent on worthwhile policing.

Eh, naw hen. Zara, Lady Chatto, Anne even. All royal women who have managed to have careers/lives outwith the spotlight.

They aren’t princesses though, except Anne who has always been a full time royal. They’re the first two princesses to not be allowed to carry out royal duties, or to marry into another royal house.

They shouldn’t have been given titles 🤷🏻‍♀️

It isn’t squandering, see above.

I do wonder who’s running the RF PR. They haven’t done a good job with the Markle family, and they’re not doing very well with this York wedding. The carriage procession was appropriate for H&M, given Harry’s high profile. It isn’t appropriate for someone who, as far as I know, has done nothing to raise the profile of the RF. Even if she hasn’t been given any official duties, she and her sister could have done a lot more to promote charities. All they seem to be known for is taking numerous holidays.

But it’s all probably been driven by Andrew. The one person who could have told him to tone things down a bit would have been the Queen. But apparently Andrew is her favourite.

Quodultra Yes it is squandering. It’s a waste of money for the police to protect a couple of people nobody really cares about.

They shouldn’t have been given titles. Nobody should have titles imo, I’m a republican, but whilst we have the Royal Family than granddaughters of a monarch through the male line are princesses. No one chooses whether they are, they just legally are. Same as Edward has chosen to style his daughter Lady Louise, but he hasn’t stopped her being a princess.

I’ll rephrase, they should not be styled as princesses.

Again. You aren’t paying for the carriage. That is her family’s and they/she is paying for that (and, yes, your family vehicle is fucking appropriate on your wedding day if you want it to be!).

We are paying to keep her safe from people who want to hurt her because she is a UK royal.

I sympathise with the people who think thi is a lot of money. But it is tiny in the large and real scheme of things.

LarLar - people do care about them, see above. Not you, sure, but other people.

I haven’t met a single person who cares about Eugenie and Beatrice.

Have you read the thread?

Yes, of course you and your friends don’t care about this and are way above it. But other people do.

Yes I have read the thread. I am simply pointing out that nobody I have ever met cares about two random women who happen to be related to the Queen.

Quo it isn't the usual security that I take exception too.

None of the arguments you have put forward are a reason for an additional 3 mile carriage procession that has more than doubled the security costs.

There is just no need for that level of extravagance.