LONDON – Queen Elizabeth has cancelled a planned Christmas party for her staffers after deciding it would be inappropriate to celebrate as ordinary Britons feel the pinch from tough economic times.
The royal household thought the event at Buckingham Palace, paid for by the Queen herself and usually staged every two years, would be unseemly as Britons coped with deep public spending cuts to bring down a record peacetime budget deficit.
More than 400 staffers from Buckingham Palace, Clarence House and Windsor Castle and more than 200 privately employed employees of the Queen’s estates were expected to be invited and allowed to bring a guest, The Sun reported.
The Christmas shindig, planned for December 13, cost £50 000, or about US$79 000. (The Sun)
Queen cancels Christmas party
Previous article
Next article
Related Articles
MISSING: Kymiah Paulesha Clarke
The Barbados Police Service is seeking the public’s assistance in locating missing girl Kymiah Paulesha Clarke.
Clarke, 17 years,...
DJ Puffy issues apology to female reveller and Notting Hill Carnival
Deejay Puffy issued a public apology today for the “public humiliation” he caused a female reveller who was...
Foster ‘eating, sleeping, behaving well’ at 107
Centenarian John Foster turned 107 on Monday.
And yesterday, with the usual sparkle in his eyes and the sharp...
Second stabbing death in less than 24 hours
A person of interest is assisting police with their investigations into a stabbing death earlier today in The...