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20 per cent pay rise for Queen after Crown Estate posts record profits

The Queen is set for a 20 per cent “pay rise” after the Crown Estate today posted record profits. She will see her annual Government grant increase from £31 million this year - including £1 million to help pay for diamond jubilee celebrations - to £36 million from next April....
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Crown Jewels Redisplayed Ahead of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

England / London : Londonist (last year)

Like everything else in London at the moment (it seems), the Crown Jewels have had a polish ahead of the Diamond Jubilee later this year. We headed to the Tower for a preview of their new display earlier this week. The exhibition ha... Read Post

Rupert Murdoch takes a pay cut - down to $16.8m

Local Interest / England : The First Post (3 years ago)

Despite News Corp recording an 11 per cent rise in annual profits, chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch took a six per cent pay cut last year, according… Read Post

Diamond Jubilee: Queen Elizabeth II plants tree to mark Diamond Jubilee

Local Interest / England : Anglotopia (last year)

Queen Elizabeth and Princess Anne have planted a tree in the new woods to commemorate the monarch’s Diamond Jubilee on the Sandringham Estate. Diamond Jubilee: Queen Elizabeth II plants tree to mark Diamond Jubilee is a post from: A... Read Post


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