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THE Queen is to have her own £3million private plane - under plans to cut the royal family's travel costs.
The royal family currently uses two planes from 32 Squadron at RAF Northolt but the aircraft are more than 20 years old and deemed unreliable.
In the past year, the royals have spent £193,000 chartering aircraft because the RAF planes had either broken down or were being used elsewhere. It also emerged today that Prince William is to embark on his first official overseas visit to Australia instead of the Queen.
He will go as the representative of Buckingham Palace at the request of the Foreign Office.
The prince let the plans for the visit slip to an Australian tourist at the Tower of London.
After posing for a picture with Camilla Doyle, 15, he asked: "Where are you from?" The teenager replied Melbourne, to which Prince William said: "I'm visiting there soon."
Reader views (4)
So that will be our aeroplane then. I need to book it for a holiday to Spain next month.
- Frank, Home Counties, England.
Peeps have no problem with HM and her travel arrangements.
IT IS ALL THOSE CHINLESS "YES" MEN AND WOMEN WHOM LITTER UP ANY ROYAL APPEARANCE - THEY CAN FLY BY THAT WEIRD IRISH AIRLINE (the one who charges for the oxygen mask to drop down).
- Reuben Camara, Republic of Morecambe, UK
And not before time, HM does more this country than any of our so-called current 'elected' leaders.
Would that their cost to the taxpayer were as low as HM.
- Hugh, Middx
Couldn´t the Queen fly RyanAir and stand en route? That´d help cut the royal families travel expenses.
- Graham Rodhouse, Helmond, Netherlands
