The Observer, Sunday 28 December 2008 wrote:
British farmers and landowners - including the Queen and Prince Charles - are in line for a £1bn "subsidy bonanza" from Brussels in 2009 because of the dramatic fall in the value of sterling against the euro.
One of the main beneficiaries will be the Queen, who in recent years has received hundreds of thousands of pounds a year in European subsidies for her combined agricultural and land interests at her Sandringham estate and Windsor Castle. Other wealthy landowners, such as the Duke of Westminster, the Duke of Marlborough and the Earl of Leicester, are also known to receive six-figure sums.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/2 ... es-farmers