The renovation budget comes from the royals' public funding—amounting to just $1.58 per person.
, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's home in Windsor, cost over $3 million of public money, but the actual contribution from individual taxpayers is much smaller.
The money from the Frogmore renovations comes from the Sovereign Grant, the public money given to the queen to fulfill royal duties, which totaled at $104.5 million this year. That equates to $1.58 per person for the year. The renovations on Frogmore Cottage, the official residence of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry since this spring, cost $3.05 million of British taxpayer money, according to the royal family'sreleased today. At first look, that's a big number, but the individual contribution that entailed for each taxpayer boiled down to less than two dollars over one year. Let's break it down.
The money for the renovations came from the Sovereign Grant, the money the queen receives from British taxpayers to fulfill royal duties. For 2018-2019, the total grant was £82.2 million , which is actually equivalent to £1.24 per person in the U.K., according to the report.
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