King Charles has cut emissions at several royal residences to tackle climate change. The heating at Buckingham Palace was turned down to 19C in the winter and property maintenance costs fell from £6.1 million to £57.8 million.
But the cost of the royal family has risen for the taxpayer for the second year in a row.
Sovereign grant accounts show the figure increased by £5.1 million, or 5%, to £107.5 million for 2022-23. Royal aides said this was due to the change of monarchs, inflation and the continued costs of Buckingham Palace’s reservicing programme, a 10-year project to update the electrical cabling, plumbing and heating.
The royal household also failed to meet its diversity target set in 2021, drawing 10% of its workforce from ethnic minorities, with the 2023 figure of 9.7% the same as last year. Payroll costs was one of the biggest annual increases of any expenditure during 2022-23, rising £3.4 million to £27.1 million, with staff given a pay rise of about 5-6%.Spending on travel for the royal family was down £600,000 to £3.9 million, housekeeping and hospitality up from £1.3 million to £2.4 million, and property maintenance fell £6.1 million to £57.8 million.
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