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Queen's Speech: Monarch to get huge pay rise as Brits tighten belts (Original Post)
TalkingDog
May 2013
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SamKnause
(14,815 posts)1. Queen
I constantly have to remind myself that the year is 2013.
valerief
(53,235 posts)2. Well, I'm sure she wouldn't take it if she didn't really, really NEED it.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)3. She is trying to make ends meet.Its tough being The Queen.
Wtf
How sad. Smh
erpowers
(9,438 posts)4. Wow
This is crazy. No member of the British royal family needs a pay raise. They are all multi-millionaires. They definitely should not be getting a raise when so many other services that help regular people are being cut.
