Elizabeth II's mother, the Queen Mother, was an extravagant person.
She owns five castles, one of which is worth 160 million, and costs millions a year for maintenance alone;
There are about 80 migrant workers around her, including housekeepers, gardeners, drivers, cooks, costumers, and servants;
The racehorse she likes must be bought, and the stables are full of expensive horses that squeeze one leg and pay the salary of an ordinary person for three years;
I like to play around, stay in the most expensive hotels, and have the most luxurious parties;
Bags, clothing, jewelry, champagne, and food are the same as the goods, and they must be the most upscale.
Such an ungodly life is simply a black hole that sucks gold.
So, Elizabeth was in a state of poor money all her life.
As a young man, she met Bertie, the son of George V, at a ball.
This second elder brother is introverted and stutters, which is not Elizabeth's dish. But Bertie fell in love with Elizabeth and went on the offensive. After the failure of the first confession, he changed his strategy and took Elizabeth to buy and buy, and finally got the best of luck.
After marriage, the two still spent money like water, and owed 100,000 pounds in debt in just a few months. Converted to about 36 million yuan today.
They were afraid to ask the irascible George V for help, and they were so anxious that they didn't know what to do, when a man named Gregory stepped forward to help them fill the debt hole.
And this old brother is actually a middleman who buys and sells royal titles, relying on co-opting powerful people to do illegal things.
Bertie and Elizabeth know all about this, but they still escort him in order to catch up with the life of fine clothes and food.
Later, the East Window incident happened, and Gregory ate prison food. The authorities learned that their umbrella was Bertie and Elizabeth, and they planned to cover up the scandal and release Gregory after two months, and then sent to France, never to return.
This is the most thrilling stroke in Elizabeth's kryptonite history, and fortunately she can walk away with all of them.
From the Duchess to the Queen to the Queen Mother, as her status grew higher and she got older, Elizabeth spent more and more money.
She didn't run a business, and she spent all her taxpayers' hard-earned money. You get £640,000 a year, but you spend more than £1 million.
At the age of 98, she had an overdraft of £4 million at the Royal Bank of Scotland.
For Elizabeth, money comes and goes, money is empty, money comes like rain and wind.
The British media called it "too much".
A horse racing manager lamented: "The extent she spends money has drained the British treasury." ”
Queen Elizabeth once joked: "If it weren't for my mother's overdraft, this bank would have collapsed a long time ago." ”
Jokes aside, every time the bill arrived, Elizabeth would find her daughter to pay on behalf of her.
Queen Elizabeth was extremely speechless about the lost old mother, and wrote a note reminding her to spend a little more restrained.
But the old lady was arrogant and replied, "Who do you think you are?"
Elizabeth, a spendthrift, lived to be 102 years old and died in debt of more than £7 million.