EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Lord Alli sponsoring a princess would have been a lot pricier By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 01:30, 20 September 2024 | Updated: 01:59, 20 September 2024 e-mail View comments Lord Alli should think himself lucky that he got away with only paying out £5,000 to provide Lady Starmer with a personal shopper and some glad rags. Sponsoring a princess would have been a lot pricier. Meghan Sussex is reported to have spent £116,000 on outfits for her trip to Nigeria earlier this year.

Research for her clothes spending in 2022 showed she splashed out an estimated £94,796. However, according to 1994 Duchy of Cornwall accounts, Princess Diana spent £91,330 on clothes, £9,350 on hairdressing, £22,214 for beauty treatments and £7,306 on 'alternative therapies'. Adjusted for inflation , it dwarfs Meghan's expenditure.

Lord Alli (pictured) sent lavish gifts to both Sir Keir and his wife Victoria Lady Victoria Starmer during London Fashion Week on September 16, 2024 The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attend a volleyball match in Nigeria. Meghan (right) is reported to have spent £116,000 on outfits for her trip to Nigeria earlier this year PM's salary has not kept up with inflation News that Sue Gray, Sir Keir Starmer's Downing Street enforcer, is paid £3,000 more than her boss raises eyebrows. But Sir Freebie might be aggrieved that he is on a paltry £166,786.

The PM's salary was set at £10,000 by the 1937 Ministers of the Crown Act. If that had.