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Queen Uses Government Funds for Silly ‘Improvements’ to Her Palaces Late last week, word got out that the Queen and her royal aides had filed a petition asking for governmental funds to help pay heat and gas bills for Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. Now, details of the outrageous expenses she makes are out.According to documents just released and cited by the Daily Mail, the ro... 27 September 2010 13:21 GMT Queen Elizabeth Claims Poverty, Asks for Help to Heat Buckingham Palace Each year, the British government pays £38.2 million for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s expenses. Still, that’s not enough money, since she asked for government help to foot the energy and gas bill for Buckingham Palace, it has emerged.The petition was filed in 2004 and was almost immediately denied ... 25 September 2010 10:01 GMT King Herod's Lavish Tomb The group of Israeli archaeologists that are in charge of investigating the remains of King Herod's winter palace at Herodium believe they have found enough preliminary evidence in order to assume that this was his actual burial place. The walls of crypt found within a two story mausoleum are covered by lavish R... 21 November 2008 07:24 GMT