A good personal antidote for how much the royals are money leeches.
Last year when I went to the tower of London. I spent a good hour walking around various rooms filled with the crown jewels. After finishing walking around rooms full of jem's, diamonds, crowns, gold plates and swords encrusted with precious stones you walk out into a gift shop. As you exit the last crown jewel room there is what looks like a trash can. On it in big yellow letters is a message about giving money to fund the tower and rooms.
Yep after walking around a room that boasts about the wealth of the British royals. They then get the begging tray out and beg for money. That's after paying nearly £30 a person to enter the tower. Luckily I got my ticket for free