Norman Baker questions rising cost of British monarchy

Summary

• Former Liberal Democrat minister Norman Baker has questioned whether the cost of the British monarchy is rising despite a reduction in the number of working royals.
• Baker argued that the number of working royals has fallen and questioned why the cost of the monarchy has increased.
• “There are fewer people on the balcony, but the cost has gone up,” Baker said.

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Former Liberal Democrat minister Norman Baker has questioned whether the cost of the British monarchy is rising despite a reduction in the number of working royals.

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as working royals, while Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal titles.