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July 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Popularity of royals has waned after series of scandals
- Ordinary Spaniards are enduring high unemployment
- King had angered many by going on a lavish elephant hunting trip
By
Leon Watson
13:56 EST, 17 July 2012
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14:18 EST, 17 July 2012
Spain’s king and his family are to take a pay cut as part of the latest round of austerity measures meted out by the country’s government.
The royal family’s popularity has waned in recent months after a series of scandals, as ordinary Spaniards endure high unemployment and belt-tightening measures.
Measures include a 65billion euro package of cuts and tax hikes announced by the government last week.
Unpopular: King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain are being asked to make cutbacks by their country’s government
King Juan Carlos will take around 20,900 euros less from his state payout this year, according to an updated version on Tuesday of the 2012 royal budget and sources at the royal household.
His son and heir to the throne, Prince Felipe, will take about 10,500 euros less.
That amounts to a 7.1 per cent pay cut, roughly equivalent to one of the most bitterly-disputed cuts included in the recent austerity package: the axing of Christmas bonuses for public workers, which amounts to about 7 per cent of their income.
Other family members like Queen Sofia and Princess Leticia, Felipe’s wife, will also receive less money from the budget, which is entirely made of taxpayers’ money.
The royal household estimates its move will help cut between 90,000 euros and 100,000 euros (between $109,900 and $122,100) off its budget for the year, which was already down on 2011 levels.
The government’s steep spending cuts are aimed at averting an international bailout amid a deep economic downturn.
Riot police and protestors face-off during a demonstration by Spanish coal miners against austerity cuts
They have sparked daily protests by public-sectors workers throughout Madrid in the past week, with staff staging walkouts from various ministries and at the prime minister’s office.
The king, who has long been revered in Spain for his role in the nation’s transition to democracy, angered many by going on a lavish elephant hunting trip in Botswana at a time when one in four Spaniards is out of work.
The salary cut got a mixed reception from the public, with some readers of newspaper websites and Twitter users joking on whether the royal family would now struggle to make ends meet, or whether they would still be able to afford safari trips.
Others, however, commended the royal household for at least volunteering to take the cut.
The king’s son-in-law Inaki Urdangarin is also embroiled in a court case over allegations he abused his position to embezzle money through a sports charity. He denies the allegations.
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No more safari massacres from this waste of space I hope……
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Whereas the british government recently handed millions more to our lot.
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pack our lot off to Spain ASAP………
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Its about time they did it to our lot.
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All these Royal you call ‘parasites’ when they live all these trades they deal with, using your taxes will go with them and more jobs cut. During the hard times you will need their help. Without them a lot of jobs, media, taxes, tourisms and businesses will surfer. If you can’t create jobs the profit, surplus, taxes , businesses, and grow will surfer. You want money from private and public sector to move around for business and tax grow and aloud to create more jobs from both side. The Royal create jobs and surport trades too with tax payer fund. The Royal is not your problem only, the world had other prices everything and consumers, Investors and businesses had live on borrow money to keep up and to day everyone surfer for it.
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The popularity of the British Royal family is higher than ever! says a lot about the two Countries.
Blanking the Royal Wedding did them no favours did it!
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The memory of Franco looms large.
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I shan’t sleep now for worrying about them,however will they manage.
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How will they cope. Maybe they could get jobs as time share reps to make ends meet!
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When this King went blowing up in a cowardly fashion Beautiful Elephants which are an endangered species I hope he lost a lot of respect in his own Country found he is not immortal could be an endangered species too !!!
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