I'm not a big fan of "tax policy" (bit of an oxymoron), but the theory is that you set taxes to encourage desired behaviors and to discourage undesired behaviors.
No worries. The thesis was that approximately 60% of your government budget is eaten up by the bureaucracy.
Be interesting to see services bought+goods bought+salaries paid+payments to citizens/the government budget.
Actually, completely aside from the Royal Grant, she's a billionaire.
Each year the UK government releases what the monarchy costs each person in the UK. Usually around 65-70 pence/head/year.
It's hardly surprising that when Ukraine replaced its string of bought-off, corrupt Putin yes-men, Vlad the Poisoner felt the need to do something. Safest place to be is in his back pocket. Look at Belarus.