After me, the farm subsidy

…the Guardian published what had until then been a government secret: which Brits rake in the biggest subsidies from the profligate European Union.  Near the top of the list was the queen herself, whose farm in Norfolk received 769,000 pounds (approximately $1.3 million) in 2003-4.

That is from the July issue of Reason magazine.  Here is the original story:

A spokesman for the Queen yesterday rejected any suggestion that she received too much money from the taxpayer. "The Queen is a landowner and a farmer. She receives subsidy, just as any other farmer would do."

The total would be higher if subsidies to Scotland — still a secret — were also included.