47 Million 220 Thousand Pounds?! Who Paid For Prince William'S Wedding?

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The most expensive security costs

Many British people also remember the "fairy tale wedding" of Prince William's mother, Princess Diana and Prince Charles in 1981.

According to British radio and television, the wedding cost more than 30 million pounds, and about 600000 people and tourists gathered in London for wedding ceremonies on the wedding day, and 700 million of the world watched the wedding through radio and television.

However, because Prince William is not the first heir to the throne and his identity is different from his father, his wedding is not a formal national celebration, nor can the cost be paid by the national treasury. The cost of the wedding and reception will be paid by Prince Charles and queen Elizabeth II.

Since Prince William's wedding day is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom, the police officers responsible for security work are working overtime, so the cost of the grand wedding can be as high as 20 million pounds (about 214 million yuan), about 3 times (7 million 400 thousand pounds) of the G20 summit, 5 times (4 million pounds) of the wedding of Charles and Princess Diana, thus being defined by the British media as "the most expensive security event".

As the biggest expense of the wedding, Peter Smith, chairman of the British Police Federation, told the Daily Mail: "prime minister Cameron declared that the day of Prince William's wedding was a national holiday.

This is a great celebration in Britain, but it also means that all the policemen on duty are working overtime, which undoubtedly increases the wedding budget.

I think since the Prime Minister decided to take a vacation, the extra overtime cost should be paid by him. "

Therefore, the cost of protecting the visiting Prime Ministers, VIPs, tourists and princes is still paid by the government, which is commonly known as the "taxpayer's money".

In addition, according to the Daily Telegraph of the UK, it is estimated that more than 47 million 220 thousand pounds will be spent on wedding expenses.

Compared to the average British family wedding cost of about 17 thousand pounds, Prince William's "low-key" wedding is still regarded as the "crown prince" of the British wedding.

Huge pay team

According to a new statement by Clarence's palace of Prince Charles's residence, the queen Elizabeth, whose personal assets reach 270 million pounds, will share part of the cost of the wedding, but the statement emphasizes that the royal family's input to the wedding ceremony itself is "6 figures instead of 7 figures".

The statement also said that the royal family will also pay for the wedding related items, such as bouquet, reception and pportation.

The wedding invited 1900 guests, including 255 dignitaries invited by the queen and crown prince Charles, and 62 foreign royals and heads of state. The royal family will be responsible for all the guests' banquet costs.

In addition, there are many areas that are spent independently by the royal family, such as wedding cars, orchestras, street layout and so on.

British media say queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles are willing to pay for their beloved grandchildren and sons.

Prince Charles's money is mainly derived from his Duke of Cornwall. It is reported that the real estate is currently valued at 1 billion pounds.

In addition, the Royal Princess Middleton family will also provide sponsorship.

It is reported that Kate's parents are prepared to pay up to 12 million pounds for the wedding.

They included the hotel cost of their family, the bride's dress, bridesmaid dress and the cost of honeymoon trip the night before the big wedding.

The British media also jokingly pointed out that the wedding will spend the legacy of Kate's grandfather to her father, but for the Middleton family, who runs the toy business, "affordable."

Grey Visri, a professor of communication at the University of Leeds, told the China Economic Weekly that the Western Royal family had not begun to marry for political or economic purposes in the past 200 years.

Taking love as the key to mate selection is only a matter of nearly 50 years.

After the British royal family experienced Charles's divorce and Princess Diana's death, this century wedding can be seen as a revitalization of the royal family and a huge "British image advertisement".

Wedding: hope for recovery?

Noble and mysterious British royal family has been one of the driving forces of economic growth in the UK.

According to the British media statistics, the annual revenue of the British tourism industry is about 19 billion pounds, of which nearly 600 million comes from the Royal Castle and royal palace sightseeing.

6 billion 200 million pounds' economic account.

30 years ago, Britain faced the same crisis as today: high unemployment and sluggish economy.

But Princess Diana's high-profile wedding became an economic stimulant.

Beginning with that grand royal wedding, Mrs. Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, freed Britain from economic problems in 3 years.

At present, the British deficit is as high as 155 billion pounds. In October 2010, Prime Minister Cameron announced the most stringent fiscal reduction plan in British history, 500 thousand of the civil servants will be laid off, and the national allowance of Queen Elizabeth II was also frozen in the 90s of last century.

Royal spokesman said: "judging by the current financial situation of the royal family, this huge expenditure is bound to be a great test for the royal family."

But according to estimates by Verdict Research, a market research firm, the royal wedding is expected to add 6 billion 200 million pounds to the UK's revenue, including direct revenue from retail and tourism sectors, and indirect revenue generated by the boost of consumer psychology.

London tourism website Visit London has announced that the average annual number of tourists in the UK is 30 million, but by the global financial crisis, tourists decreased by 3% between April and June last year.

About 1 million 100 thousand of the world's tourists will come to London to watch the wedding. These crowds will bring about $80 million in revenue to London, and will also provide temporary rental services for local residents while pushing up the hotel's housing prices.

Some smart London residents are more willing to temporarily rent their homes to tourists and journalists, ranging from tens of pounds to thousands of pounds.

Headquartered in London, the three largest British Tourism Organizations: "British Tourism", "England tourism" and "London tourism" held a press conference in London in April 24th, detailing the royal wedding process and the positive impact on the British tourism industry.

The media from all over the world are also enthusiastic about this event.

It is understood that the current studio located on the Westminster Abbey site rent up to 60 thousand pounds a week.

According to the daily telegraph, the wedding of the prince will increase London's income by 216 million pounds, and the British will also contribute 76 million 500 thousand pounds of alcohol consumption to the prince's wedding, including 500 thousand bottles of champagne, worth 9 million pounds.

Meanwhile, sales of royal wedding souvenirs continued to heat up. From the prince's mask, tea bags to the rings and wedding dresses of the imitated princess, the related commodity sales are expected to reach 26 million pounds.

Richard Lim, an economist at the British Retail Association, said that the Royal Wedding could accelerate the growth of the UK economy by 0.25 percentage points, which is also the prime minister's "pleased to see" situation.

The farce cost of 6 billion pounds

However, many people are skeptical about whether Prince wedding can promote the economy obviously.

According to existing research institutions, the holiday in Britain has increased from 8 days in normal year to 9 days due to the wedding day in Britain.

The national shutdown will reduce the economic output by 6 billion pounds a day, which will objectively offset 6 billion 200 million of the revenue generated by the wedding.

Moreover, many people say that the wedding is a farce. They are more concerned about how to keep their jobs and do not want to use their money to support the royal wedding.

Nicholas Barr, a professor of public economics at London School of Economics and Political Science, told China Economic Weekly that short-term stimulus does not generate too much or "sustained" growth for the economy.

Taking the 50th anniversary day of national holiday in 2002, for example, the Golden Jubilee Celebration of the queen did not have much stimulation on the economy, but on the contrary, it produced a lot of expenses.

Compared with the crowded streets of Prince William's wedding scene, the limited subway, bus and so on, most British people would choose to watch live broadcast instead of celebrating at home.

Counting the Queen's accession to 60th anniversary and the London Olympics in 2012, Barr pointed out that Britain's "exciting opportunities" in the future are "numbered".

From the debate over the cost of the wedding to whether the marriage can bear the burden of revitalizing the British economy, Prince William's wedding has been given too much unbearable weight.

In fairy tales, maybe the prince and princess lived happily ever after. But in reality, money is still a problem.

Wedding place Westminster Abbey

(Westminster Abbey)

This millennium Gothic cathedral was completed in Eleventh Century. It is magnificent. Over the past 1000 years, 38 generations of British monarchs have been crowned here, and 17 have been buried here. Prince William's mother Princess Diana held a funeral here in 1997.

Most of the British royal weddings were held in Windsor or St James s Palace.

It was not until twentieth Century that the royal wedding had been held for 650 years.

Some people say that the wedding site is chosen because of Prince William's memory of his mother, Diana.

The royal wedding cost PK: William won.

30 million pounds: Charles Diana wedding in England

In July 29, 1981, Prince Charles and Princess Diana held a wedding ceremony at the St Paul Church in London. The Broadcasting British Corporation broadcast the wedding ceremony to the world in 33 languages.

Before the wedding ceremony, the British economy faced some problems, and the unemployment problem was serious.

But the Royal Wedding gave the British economy a shot in the arm.

All trades and professions make use of weddings to do business.

35 million dollars: Denmark crown prince wedding

In May 14, 2008, Prince Philip of Denmark and Donaldson, an Australian commoner, married in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in the heart of Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Danish royal family spared no expense to make the wedding ceremonious and grand.

The 10 thousand Danish police force dispatched 1/3 on the day. The airspace of the capital was closed to the outside world, helicopters circled in mid air, and patrol boats around the harbour.

$25 million: Prince Felipe's wedding in Spain

In May 22, 2004, Felipe, the heir of Spain and Prince of the crown prince, was married to Leticia, the former host of the Spanish public television channel.

Faced with complaints from some taxpayers, the Madrid municipal government said that all expenses would be "significantly less than" the value created by the wedding.

The impact of media coverage on Madrid costs 1 billion euros to advertise.

$3 million: Queen's wedding in Sweden

In 2010, Sweden's first queen, Vitoria, held a wedding with Westling, a private physique coach.

On the same day, Cameo wore the crown of the Swedish Royal family. The flowers were pported by air from Vitoria. 85 Volvo super luxury cars were designated for use by the royal family. The "Royal rites" presented to the guests by the Swedish Royal family were all Chinese bone porcelain, with a total price of over one million.

Alternative observation

Two marriages are the same.

Li Guang Dou

Celebrity Wedding should be a great joy, but misplanning can also lead to brand depreciation.

A comparison between Prince William's big marriage and the "big love" wedding storm: the same big marriage is the two outcome.

Prince William's wedding can boost the British economy, while the "big love" big marriage has damaged the two brands.

"Big love" wedding can be described as "how to cover up" star wedding, while Prince William is "trying to expose" royal wedding.

The "big love" wedding is accompanied by "war of words", "Infernal Affairs" and "Shanzhai edition". It is really melancholy to work hard all the way. Prince William's royal wedding is broadcast live, souvenirs, and movies.

What's the difference between Celebrity Wedding and Celebrity Wedding?

Is the blockade open?

When curious fans and netizens are ready to see the wedding of "size and love", people are on high alert to the media.

Take precautions against it. It's not good enough to prevent it. Leng is letting your friend Zhang Zhaoyang (columnist) do the "paparazzi". If you do it, you will do a good thing for everyone to see the wedding scene. The result is still hard to please, until your friends want to turn a blind eye.

The wedding was a great event, but Wang Xiaofei said, "I really regret asking him to attend our wedding", which not only hurt Zhang Zhaoyang, but also hurt the media.

If people want to be low-key, then respect others. As a result, Zhang Lan claims that Wanda's sponsorship has attracted the two generation of Wanda Group's bombardment, causing users to compete for war.

A comedy becomes a farce, from the protagonist to the supporting role, what a sad reminder.

Let's take a look at the wedding ceremony of the British royal family. The ceremony has not yet begun. The Clarence House of British crown prince Charles's residence has adopted an open and sincere attitude towards the many messages of the wedding planning.

The media organizations across the Atlantic (15.80,0.18,1.15%) are busy reporting all the details you can imagine: from wedding dresses to wedding banquets, to wedding music, to wedding souvenirs, and even to make movies.

Prince William and Kate also set up their own wedding website in person. The official Facebook, Flickr and Twitter home pages of the British royal family provide links to wedding cake designers, and also provide many pictures of Kate's childhood to satisfy those who are unable to satisfy their curiosity.

The wedding will be broadcast to the public through megaphones, and tens of thousands of people will hear new exchange vows.

At the same time, the big screen of Hyde Park and Trafalgar Square will also be broadcast live.

The Royal Wedding started the "news war" and all kinds of reports were staged.

For the "big love" wedding, we all wanted to see the wedding ceremony being warm and lively, but it turned out to be a war of abuse after another.

Netizens shout "can not afford to hurt"!

Stars are public figures, and their wedding is bound to disturb the media.

What's more, the wedding itself involves the hot topic of news, such as "siblings" and "flash marriage".

In fact, the wedding should have been a grand Party. It deserves more people's participation and blessings. It is neither a privacy nor a limited social interaction.

Just imagine, if the "size and love" wedding is broadcast live on TV, it can be regarded as a good program.

Shanzhai or DIY?

The royal family specially designed William and Kate's Love stamps, little puppets and tea cups for the wedding. All the designs were full of creativity and joy.

At the same time, the Royal Wedding gave birth to the "wedding economy".

Wedding mugs, comic novels, talk about a public love affair, Kate's limited edition dolls and other kinds of wedding souvenirs are staged in turn. Some analysts predict that the wedding effect is expected to drive the economic growth of 1 billion dollars or more in the UK.

The same is DIY, designed by the S. S. S. hand to the guests. Jiao Jiao Bao was sent to the Taiwan court in violation of the trademark law and copyright law because of the appearance of the suspected Hermes company's platinum bag.

The Shanzhai is not only a bag, but also a bridesmaid's dress. The netizen discovered in the micro-blog of the bridesmaid Aya that this dress is designed by the big S-hand. Compared with the netizens, this so-called handmade dress is originally a Shanzhai work. It is very similar to a Halston Heritage dress in salad city of Jessica Parker.

Prince William's wedding also encountered Shanzhai.

The British played a fake wedding between Prince William and his fiancee kate on April Fool's day. Even queen Elizabeth did not let go.

Even if the fake wedding ceremony is over, the copycats will publish a book and seize the golden opportunity to play a joke directly on the royal family.

The British royal family was very calm about this incident and smiled.

In this era of entertainment supremacy, we must maintain a OPEN mindset.

Especially public figures.