http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Qu...159/story.html
"Royal aides complained to ministers in 2004 that the queen’s gas and electricity bills had increased by 50 percent and were now "untenable", costing more than one million pounds (1.5 million dollars, 1.2 million euros) a year.
Aides said the 15-million-pound state grant the queen received for the upkeep of the palaces was inadequate and asked if the royal family was eligible for special funds to replace four combined heat and power units at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle."
It is coming - negative land value (where it costs more to maintain than its worth) is a reality.