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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 27 Jun 2013

    Cost to UK taxpayer of supporting monarchy rose by £900,000 to £33.3m during last financial year - Buckingham Palace

    3:05 AM - 27 Jun 2013
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      1. Josh Edmundson‏ @JoshEdmundson 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Cost to UK taxpayer of supporting monarchy rose by £900k to £33.3m in last financial year - Buckingham Palace” @jeremyfalk05

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      1. cam ✌‏ @camcampbell161 27 Jun 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Cost to UK taxpayer of supporting monarchy rose by £900,000 to £33.3m during last financial year - Buckingham Palace” CUNTS!!

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      1. ROWNEYG13/SDE‏ @rowneyg13 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Cost to UK taxpayer of supporting monarchy rose by £900,000 to £33.3m during last financial year - Buckingham Palace”disgrace

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      1. Eeyore‏ @dom_ross 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @BBCNews Why are #taxpayers supporting the @BritishMonarchy I read somewhere the Queen has a huge #income?

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      1. George Logan‏ @GeorgeWLogan 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Cost to UK taxpayer of supporting monarchy rose by £900,000 to £33.3m during last financial year - Buckingham Pal #disgusting

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      1. Olly Ca‏ @ocarz 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking money well spent #queen #queenyqueenqueen

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      1. Taz‏ @Taz7289 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Cost to UK taxpayer of supporting monarchy rose by £900,000 to £33.3m during last financial year - Buckingham Palace” Great

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      1. Rebecca Clarke‏ @thebeccaboo 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking we won't hear the end of this from those anti-monarchy fools

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      1. Mike‏ @warpedpolecat 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Cost to UK taxpayer of supporting monarchy rose by £900,000 to £33.3m last financial year - Buckingham Palace” disgusting.

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      1. Dr. Peradventure  🦊‏ @Peradventur3 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        .@BBCBreaking I like the hats and everything, but couldn't they sell off a palace to an oligarch and donate proceeds to the Deserving Poor?

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      1. Lord Blood‏ @drng 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        We are not amused MT @BBCBreaking: Cost to UK taxpayer of monarchy rose by £900,000 to £33.3m during last financial year - Buckingham Palace

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      2. Sascha Corkill‏ @SaschaCorkill 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        “@BBCBreaking: Cost to UK taxpayer of supporting monarchy rose by £900,000 to £33.3m during last financial year" @JosephJCBijster rant?

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      2. Toby Jepson‏ @TobyJepson 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking get rid of those antiquated sponging parasites I say! In times of hardship for so many, to hear that is sickening frankly!

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      2. SJW Smart‏ @Smahoo92 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        Vote yes for goodness sake “@BBCBreaking: Cost to UK taxpayer of supporting monarchy rose by £900,000 to £33.3m during last financial year"

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      2. Alex Thorne‏ @AlexThorne1 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @BBCBreaking @markcaldwell works out at roughly 1.5p per person assuming uk pop is 60mil. Basically: outrageous!

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      3. Alex Thorne‏ @AlexThorne1 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @AlexThorne1

        @BBCBreaking @markcaldwell so i pay 55p a year to enable a woman's gambling addiction to horse racing, not to mention the racist hubby!

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      4. Mark Caldwell‏ @mscaldwell_dop 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @AlexThorne1

        @AlexThorne1 There are only 30M tax payers in the UK so it's double that, she earns way more than we give her so why do we give her more...

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      5. Phill Palgrave-Elliott‏ @PhillElliott 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @mscaldwell_dop

        @markcaldwell @AlexThorne1 30m income tax. 60m people if you include VAT and other similar taxes.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      6. Alex Thorne‏ @AlexThorne1 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @PhillElliott

        @PhillElliott @markcaldwell I'm duprised those paying income tax is only 50% of uk pop. Seems too low?

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      7. Mark Caldwell‏ @mscaldwell_dop 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @AlexThorne1

        @AlexThorne1 @PhillElliott Official HMRC figures and it just hit 30m: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/taxpayers/table1-4.pdf …

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      8. Alex Thorne‏ @AlexThorne1 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @mscaldwell_dop

        @markcaldwell @PhillElliott 2.5 mil unemployed, so I'm gonna assume the rest bank in Monaco/caymans

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      9. Mark Caldwell‏ @mscaldwell_dop 27 Jun 2013
        Replying to @AlexThorne1

        @AlexThorne1 @PhillElliott Children, Students, unemployed, live at home parents & retired wouldn't pay income tax either.

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