Queen Elizabeth II spent £1.4 million on food Last year

The Queen uses her great London home for some of the more lavish state banquets and entertaining, and a significant proportion of her vast, afforded income is spent on guests. She wines and dines in style with powerful guests across the world in her home

But just how does she spent for food

Last year, the Queen spent £1.4 million on food from taxpayers money. The royal kitchen cooked up everything from roast pheasant to delicate canapes.

Here's a typical party menu. As far as pricing's concerned, the delicious Gusbourne 2007, from Kent, would have costed Her Majesty up to £60 per bottle.

The champagne – Sir Winston Churchill's favourite, Pol Roger – goes for at least £400 per bottle.

the Queen looks after 96,000 guests a year. It's probably why she splashed out a cool half a million pounds on wine and spirits alone in 2015/16.

The refit will be funded out of the Sovereign Grant, an allowance provided to the Queen by the government to support her official duties. This year, she received more than £40 million.

The argument that the Queen costs the nation more than she makes it will live as long as the monarchy does. She has a fortune of £340 million. It's all very complicated.

However the Buckingham Palace refit is paid for, it's definitely needed. The pipes are leaking and things are falling down. 

 

 Queen Elizabeth II spent £1.4 million on food Last year