IN these difficult times I am surprised there has not been more of a public outcry over the fact that taxpayers are footing the bill to provide security for Princess Eugenie at Newcastle University.
Why isn’t her rich daddy (Prince Andrew) paying for this?
We are also paying for his other daughter’s flat to be renovated.
Why do taxpayers find themselves having to pay for these minor royals when our own brave troops are lacking the necessities to fight in Afghanistan?
Maureen Stephenson, Durham.
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