The official residence is the Palacio de Oriente, but it is used for State Ceremonies only. The Palacio de Oriente is 135,000 square meters (1,453,127.9 square feet) and is the largest palace in Europe.
The Royal Family resides at the smaller Palacio de la Zarzuela.
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The members of the former Greek royal family no longer live in Greece. Constantine II and his wife Anne-Marie live in London. The Greek royal family used to live in Tatoi Palace (Athens) with a summer residence at Villa Mon Repos, on Corfu Island.
Buckingham palace
The average family did not have the money to go out and buy whatever they want, but the royal court did get to do that. The royal court can change laws, but an average family can't.
The Royal Palace in Madrid is the official residence of the Royal Family of Spain. It is only used for official ceremonies. The family does not actually live at the palace. They live in the more modest Palacio de la Zarzuela.
The British Royal Family The Norwegian Royal Family The Spanish Royal Family The Swedish Royal Family The Dutch Royal Family The Danish Royal Family The Belgian Royal Family The Thai Royal Family The Monegasque Princely Family The Luxembourgish Grand Ducal Family The Liechtensteiner Princely Family
The royal family get money from taxes
The Japanese Imperial Family is not as rich as other royal family's like say Britain. The Japanese Imperial Family annually receives a stipend of an undisclosed amount to live off.
They have the beautiful 'Royal Palace of Madrid' but remain in the much more modest 'Palace of Zarzuela'.
The Imperial House of Japan is the Yamato Dynasty
Well, some do and some don't most don't though because I have friends there and they say that the English Royal Family live off of their money. The taxes that the English Citizens pay are given to the Royal Family. So, put it this way, the Royal Family is payed to live in big beautiful castles and look pretty and live and easy life and still get payed. Honestly, the members of the family are very nice and funny (I know them personally, well my friend does and she introduced them to me).
By the Grace of God, is the most common explanation as to why a Royal family is the Royal family.