tfdesign,
I agree with you, we in the Netherlands are also very disapointed about the costs of our royal family.
The whole country has no pay rise because off the crisis, but the royal do have a raise of costs for more than 20%.
Our Willem Alexander (like your Charles) buyed and builed two houses in the world (Argentina and Afrika) and lots of more expending things. And when some journalist made a picture from our royal family he immidiatly must come to court.
These people are not from this world, and should work for there money, and know there are for the people. And not the people for them