Royal finances show the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Caribbean tour cost more than £226,000.

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William and Kate’s Caribbean tour cost more than £226,000

According to newly released royal accounts, the flights taken by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their recent tour of the Caribbean cost the British taxpayer more than £226,000.

In 2021-2022, the Sovereign Grant, which is paid for by taxpayers, paid for the total cost of the monarchy’s official travel, which was £4.5 million.

From the previous financial year, the amount went up by £1.3 million, or about 41%. This was because the royal family started going on overseas tours again after Covid restrictions were lifted.

The Prince of Wales and his staff took a chartered flight to Barbados to mark the country’s change from a monarchy to a republic. This cost more than £138,000.

William and Kate’s March trip to Belize, Jamaica, and the Bahamas, where they were heavily criticised for photos that looked like “colonialism,” cost £226,383. The couple took a charter jet, while their staff flew on regular flights. This was a planning trip.

For all its pomp and circumstance, this royal journey was the most pricey official event of 2021-22.

But royal staffers said that the future king Charles was the one who pushed for the royal flights to start using fuel that is better for the environment. This was done to try to make up for the damage that The Firm’s travels around the world do to the environment.

The royal family and the government use the ministerial RAF Voyager jet, which is now powered by sustainable aviation fuel.

Sir Clive Alderton, the prince’s main private secretary, said, “The prince has personally driven the move to use sustainable aviation fuel, which is now used for all official travel whenever possible.”

When he lands at Grantley Adams International Airport in Bridgetown, Barbados, the Prince of Wales gets off an RAF Voyager.

The source said that Charles was trying to find a way to balance the fact that he had royal duties that took him all over the world and that he was also an environmental champion.

A source said that the prince is “pretty allergic” to travelling by helicopter and will always “raise an eyebrow” and say “no” when the idea comes up.

The source said, “There is this strict process where you can only get to high-end travel options if every other option fails. And it won’t take long to find out why he had to be in one place at one time and in another place at another time, so that was the only choice.”

“The Prince of Wales doesn’t like to use helicopters very much.”

In March 2022, the Prince of Wales will visit Cornwall. He will fly there in a helicopter. Charles flew to Belfast and around Northern Ireland in May 2021 on a chartered plane and a helicopter, which cost more than £29,600.

On their annual trip to Wales in July, the prince and the Duchess of Cornwall also took a helicopter ride, which cost £15,920.

In November, before his official trip to Jordan and Egypt, Charles took a helicopter for the 70-mile trip from London to RAF Brize Norton.

The total cost of Charles and Camilla’s trip, which took them to Amman, Cairo, and Alexandria, was more than £123,500. This cost included the charter plane, the helicopter, and regular flights for staff.

In 2021 and 2022, the royal family took 179 official helicopter trips that cost less than £15,000 each. This cost over £906,000.

The Duke of York, Charles’s disgraced brother, was known for using helicopters a lot, which cost the taxpayers a lot of money.

In June 2021, the Queen will take the royal train to Scotland for Royal Week. This trip will cost more than £46,400. In May 2021, William and Kate’s trip to Scotland by charter flight and helicopter cost nearly £45,200.