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英國女王要漲工資了,薪水可真高啊

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is set to receive £82.2 million in two year's time, an 8.1% increase from 2016, royal accounts published Tuesday and analysis by the United Kingdom's Financial Times shows.
英國的伊麗莎白二世女王,即將在兩年的時間內獲得一筆8220萬英鎊的鉅款(約合人民幣7億人民幣),這一數字比2016年高了8.1%,這一王室賬目是在週二有英國的《金融時報》發表並分析的。

The 91-year-old Queen, the world's longest-reigning monarch, received £42.8 million ($54.6 million) last year, meaning she will receive nearly double her previous income come 2019.
這位91歲的女王(全球在位時間最長點的君主)去年拿到了4280萬英鎊的錢(約合人民幣2億7千萬),這意味着她在2019年將獲得的收入幾乎是之前的2倍。

英國女王要漲工資了,薪水可真高啊

The Crown Estate, an independent trust which runs the U.K. monarchy’s estate, including Buckingham Palace and property in London's West End, revealed that it made £328.8 million ($418.6 million) in profit in the year ending in March 2017.
王冠不動產,是一家運營着英國王室的不動產的獨立信託基金。這些地產包括白金漢宮以及倫敦西區的一些房產。該基金會透露道:截至2017年3月,他們上一財年已經賺到了3億2880萬英鎊的利潤(約合人民幣20億)。

The Royal Family will receive 25% (up from 15%) of the profit, known as the sovereign grant.
王室家族將會得到這筆利潤的25%(原本是15%),這筆錢被稱作君主補助金。

The grant, which is based on the profits of two years before, was increased in order to pay for extensive renovations to Buckingham Palace as part of a refurbishment program that will last 10 years. The work is expected to cost £369 million, or $471 million.
這筆款項的每次的金額,是根據前兩年的利潤而定的;它這次被提高,是爲了支付白金漢宮馬上要進行的一次爲期10年的翻新。這項工程預計會耗費3億6900萬英鎊,或4億7100萬英鎊。

The Queen's treasurer — known as Keeper of the Privy Purse — told reporters Thursday that the British monarchy is "value for money" and last year equated to less than one pound per person per year in the U.K.
女王的財務主管(又被稱爲“女王私用經費的保管者”)週四告訴記者:英國王室是“物有所值”的,去年英國花在他們身上的錢分攤到每個英國人身上還不到每年1英鎊。