The Queen's finances to be investigated by powerful Westminster committee [1]
The Telegraph.co.uk By Richard Alleyne 12:40AM GMT 09 Feb 2013
The Queen is facing a tough inquiry into her finances and expenses by the most powerful watchdog in government, it emerged last night.
In April Buckingham Palace will receive £36.1m to fund the Queen’s official duties, a 16 per cent increase on the £31m paid by taxpayers last year. Photo: GETTY
The Public Accounts Committee is expected to launch an investigation into whether the monarch and the Royal Family provide value for money to the taxpayer.
The inquiry, which will look at every aspect of the Queen’s expenditure including the cost of transport, is likely to cause concern in Buckingham Palace because of the PAC’s reputation for grilling civil servants if it deems they have misused public funds.
The Queen’s closest aides can expect a particularly rough ride by MPs about whether the Royal Family is providing value for taxpayers’ money.
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