There are many historic and continuing close associations between
the Royal Family and Kent:
- There is of course the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra….
- The Queen Mother, so affectionately remembered in our County
as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports…
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There are many Royal patronages of Kent-based organisations,
continuing with younger members of the Royal Family, for example
The Earl and Countess of Wessex taking on patronage of The Royal
School for Deaf Children at Margate.
- And over the past 10 years alone there have been some 180 Royal
visits to separate organisations throughout Kent, providing real
benefit to the organisations concerned and celebrating their achievements.
- Each year The Queen and other members of the Royal Family undertake
more than 2,000 official engagements in the UK and overseas.
- They entertain around 70,000 people at official receptions,
garden parties and other events at the royal palaces.
- And receive and respond to 100,000 letters a year.
- Yet, during the past 10 years the publicly-funded costs of
the monarchy had reduced by almost 60 per cent.
- In fact the total annual cost of the Monarchy represents the
equivalent of the price of one loaf of bread per person.
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