If only we could all travel like royalty. Whether they’re heading off to a far-flung destination or merely hopping aboard the Royal Train for a domestic engagement, the royal family really knows how to travel in style — and it’s not always cheap.
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The 2017 annual report from Buckingham Palace revealed that the royal family spent roughly $6 million on travel in the past year, a staggering sum by almost any standard. Some of those trips were vacations, others official government trips and a good few seemed to be a bit of both. According to the Sovereign Grant report, published by Buckingham Palace in June 2022, travel expenditure went up by 17% compared to the previous fiscal year, for a total of more than $113 million. Click through to see how the royals like to travel.
India and Bhutan
- Total cost of trip: $129,187
- Household: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge
- Method of travel: Scheduled flight, charter
Prince William and Kate Middleton’s official Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) visit to India and neighboring Bhutan was one of the costliest excursions of the year. Chalk it up to a hefty transportation bill for these wealthy royal family members, with scheduled flights from London Heathrow Airport to Delhi and back, along with charter flights to spots like Tezpur, Pero and Agra.
But the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge certainly packed a lot into their trip, which stretched from April 9 to 17, 2016. In addition to meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and laying a wreath at the India Gate to honor the Indian regiments who served in World War I, the couple managed to squeeze in an open-air safari in Kaziranga National Park and tried their hands at archery — Bhutan’s national sport — in Paro, Bhutan.
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