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Article: QUEEN TOLD TO OPEN BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO THE PUBLIC MORE OFTEN
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- January 27, 2009
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LOndon, Jan. 27 -- (ANI): A powerful committee of MPs has urged Queen Elizabeth to open Buckingham Palace more often to the public in return for an increase in taxpayers' money for the upkeep of the Royal palaces.
According to The Telegraph, the decision of Michelle Obama, America's new First Lady, to pledge to make the White House more accessible was held up as an example by the MPs to the Monarchy, which only opens Buckingham Palace in August and September for fee-paying tours when no member of the family is there: a total of 63 days a year.
Some MPs proposed it opened at weekends throughout the year when the Queen and ...