royal family, it has been claimed. Membership-based pressure group Republic campaigns for the abolishment of the monarchy and for Queen Elizabeth II to be replaced by an elected head of state.
The organisation's CEO, Graham Smith, has now claimed the Royal Family is not value for money and the cost of the monarchy to the UK taxpayer would be better spent on employing thousands more staff in education and healthcare instead of supporting one family.
Mr Smith told Express.co.uk: "The thing is for something to be value for money you need to get something back on what you spend.
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