Royal travels: how much do monarch tour trips cost

How much does it cost British taxpayers a visit of the British royal family abroad or an official trip to the United Kingdom? Found out the publication USA Today.

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The study did not include travel expenses for official travel of Prince Harry and the Duchess Megan, who made official visits to Ireland, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji.

Israel

• Total cost of the trip: $ 96
• Who traveled: Prince Charles
• Way of travel: charter

Royal family members rarely visit Israel, but Prince Charles arrived there at the end of January at the Fifth World Holocaust Remembrance Forum. He also went there in September 2016 to the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres.

Charter flights from Aberdeen to Ben Gurion Airport and back made the trip costly. But this gave Prince Charles a rare opportunity to visit his father’s grave in Jerusalem.

France

• Total cost of the trip: $ 63
• Who traveled: Prince William and Duchess Kate, Prince Harry, Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla
• Way of travel: charter

On June 30, 2016, Prince William and Kate Middleton traveled to France in the company of Prince Harry on the eve of the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.

Three young members of the royal family were among the thousands gathered at Tiphval Memorial to commemorate those who died during one of the bloodiest battles of the First World War. They were joined on July 1 by Prince Charles and Camille.

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Vietnam

• Total cost of the trip: $ 49
• Who traveled: Prince William
• Way of travel: regular flight

Prince William took the time to play soccer with several local schoolchildren during his first official FCO visit to Vietnam, which is one of the most affordable holiday destinations. But the three-day trip was not a vacation at all.

A flight from London landed in Hanoi on November 15, 2016; his visit focused on efforts to protect endangered wildlife. Prince William, president of United for Wildlife, met with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Fook before attending a two-day international conference on illegal wildlife trade.

Oman, UAE and Bahrain

• Total cost of the trip: $ 96
• Who traveled: Prince Charles and the Duchess of Camille
• Way of travel: charter

Prince Charles and Camille, Duchess of Cornwall, had a tight schedule during their official FCO visit to the Middle East. The couple attended 50 meetings in Oman, the UAE and Bahrain from November 4 to 11, 2016.

Charter flights from Royal Air Force Brize Norton to Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Bahrain made this trip expensive and stressful. But Prince Charles and Camilla seem to get the most out of their long visit.

London

• Total cost of the trip: $ 26
• Who traveled: Queen and Duke of Edinburgh
• Travel Method: Royal Train

Even traveling around the United Kingdom can be expensive.

The couple boarded the royal train to attend the service and vigil, during which Her Majesty the Queen laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior on the eve of June 30, 2016 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme. Then the train continued moving - took the Queen and Prince Philip to their Edinburgh residence in Holyroodhouse Palace.

Lancashire and Yorkshire, UK

• Total cost of the trip: $ 60
• Who traveled: Prince Charles
• Travel Method: Royal Train

The trip included a visit to D. Byrne & Co. liquor store. and the famous Cowmans sausage shop in Clitheroe, as well as the annual Clitheroe food festival. The Prince of Wales then visited BAE systems in Samlesbury and stopped at Dewlay Ltd. to watch the cheese making process.

Although the trip was purely homely, it still turned out to be expensive.

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Dorchester, UK

• Total cost of the trip: $ 29
• Who traveled: Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Camille
• Travel Method: Royal Train

Although the price of a trip of less than 140 miles (225 km) may seem quite expensive, the royal family’s visit to Dorchester from October 26 to 27, 2016 was emotional. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, accompanied by Prince Charles and Camilla, went with the royal train to Poundbury, a new experimental city, the construction of which began in 1993, based on the views of Prince Charles on improving the quality of life.

Russia

• Total cost of the trip: $ 53
• Who traveled: Princess Anna
• Way of travel: charter

Not a single member of the royal family made any more trips to Russia, only Anna, the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II.

This official visit from August 30 to August 31, 2016 brought her to the northern city of Arkhangelsk to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first Arctic convoy, which delivered essential goods between Great Britain and the Soviet Union during World War II. Princess Anna was accompanied on a trip by her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Lawrence.

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