The Fire at Windsor Castle Sparked a Row Over Who Should Pay for It

Last week end's devastating fire at windsor castle sparked off a row over who should pay the tens of millions of pounds it will cost to make good the damage. The idea that the public purse would simply have to pay went down particularly badly because briton's royal family had been experiencing turbulent times and a dip in popularity. Nothing we said could avert any lousy headlines. And there were a lot of things, tat she lives there, she pays for it. It's a bit like asking the prime minister if downing street goes up in smoke, to pay for it. There is no insurance. How do you insure something like that? Works of art are not insured becaue