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The Queen's Christmas message was the subject of an online reaction this year after viewers took offense at her golden piano.
The queen was filmed sitting at a desk in the Buckingham Palace's white salon when she delivered her speech, which included personal reflections on her long life and a wish for peace.
But it is the presence of a gold piano in the background that has provoked accusations of hypocrisy and the fact that she was out of touch.
Daily Mirror Assistant editor Kevin Maguire said the queen had killed the satire by "getting the country to pull herself together" as he sat in front of a golden piano in a palace that was charging taxpayers to the country. renovate.
The Scottish National Party politician, James Dornan, also criticized his message, suggesting that a singalong on the gold piano could cheer up those who are hungry and sleeping on the street.
A privileged wealthy hereditary monarch received £ 76 million a year, sitting in front of a gilded piano in the palace, taxing taxpayers £ 369 million, and killing satire by urging the nation to pool its efforts. Https://t.co/28ft4GGL3q
– Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) December 26, 2018
"So sad all those people who go to food banks and sleep on the street. So, to cheer them up, I suggest gathering around my golden piano an interpretation of My Old Man's Dustman. This will save them cold and hunger for a moment. Do you see how difficult it is to be queen now? pic.twitter.com/k42Rt1PsJ8
– James Dornan SNP (@glasgowcathcart) December 26, 2018
A billionaire tells people to be nice to others #Christmas. A decade of austerity, mbadive homelessness and use of food banks, but no irony in a room filled with gold #Queenspeech of. Is this piano made of gold? How many houses could he have paid? pic.twitter.com/TAr5PkQsmd
– "Kristian Harstad" (@KristianHarstad) December 26, 2018
Ah, the message of the queen. I love making me bawl by an old publicly funded billionaire with a gold piano that should make us all happier and less angry
– Josh (@joshwlkr) December 25, 2018
Queen reminds us that the poor have a hard time while she is sitting in a room with a piano of gold pic.twitter.com/GecohDQ8Zi
– Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) December 25, 2018
The view of the queen speaking of poverty with a gold piano, a gold clock and a gold firewall in the background says a lot about all that is wrong in this country
– ???? (@rich_aspsafms) December 26, 2018
The way the Queen finances her activities, what she owns personally and what belongs to the public, is complex.
Taxpayers are funding its activities, including the planned renovation of the Buckingham Palace (which is not his personal property) through the sovereign subsidy, which is financed by the profits generated by the huge property activity commercial owned by the ruling monarch but only when she is queen.
In 2017/18, the Crown Estate generated a profit of 329.4 million pounds sterling (588 million Australian dollars) and this money was paid to the British Treasury, reported the BBC.
Some of this money, about 47.4 million pounds sterling ($ 84 million Australian), has been provided to the Queen in the form of grant to finance its tasks and the maintenance of the royal palaces.
The gold piano is part of the Royal Collection, a collection of art made up of more than a million items belonging to the British royal family. The Queen owns certain objects as an individual, but others belong to the right of the Crown.
The golden piano is not gold but mahogany, painted and gilded. Queen Victoria commissioned the piano in 1856 and it was recently the subject of a 12-month restoration to clean it of the surface, which covered many parts of its decoration.
While the queen's wealth offended some, others defended her and stressed that it was not surprising that she had a golden piano.
I love the queen's golden piano, is she supposed to stage a fake piece for her Christmas address with IKEA furniture? she is the queen
– Nicole Cliffe (@Nicole_Cliffe) December 26, 2018
She is the queen freakin '. If anyone needs to have a golden piano, it's her. Or Liberace. https://t.co/Y6uucN1tlk
– Dominic Biondi (@DominicABiondi) December 26, 2018
She has a gold piano! … in a time of austerity! … who does she think she is, the Queen of England?
– Rob Eaton (@madbadbob) December 26, 2018
What is the point of being queen if you can not celebrate Christmas with your piano? When you live in a 400 year old palace, you can only fill many rooms with Pottery Barn.
– Hagire Haggard, MP (@whodunnedit) December 26, 2018
There is not much difference between the queen sitting in front of a golden piano who tells us all to pull ourselves together, and Bono on tour in Dublin to ask people to give him money for the homeless.
– Daniel O 'Connell ?? + ??????? = ? (@ DanielConnel18) December 26, 2018
The queen suggests that all she wants for Christmas is a solid gold piano stool matching her solid gold piano pic.twitter.com/fe12O7AmXi
– Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) December 24, 2018
In her speech, Queen Elizabeth II spoke of her long life and encouraged people to treat others with respect.
"Some cultures believe that a long life brings wisdom," Elizabeth said in the recording. "I would like to think so. Part of this wisdom may be to recognize some of the disconcerting paradoxes of life, such as how human beings have an enormous propensity for good while having the ability to do evil.
"Even the power of faith, which often inspires great generosity and self-sacrifice, can be a victim of tribalism."
She pointed out that the Commonwealth Games held in Australia this year had focused on goodwill and mutual respect.
"Even with the deepest differences, treating the other person with respect and as a human being is always a good first step towards greater understanding," she said.
She said that she thought the Christmas story had kept its appeal because the birth of Jesus had brought hope to the world.
"I believe that his message of peace on Earth and goodwill to all is never obsolete. This can be heard by everyone; it is necessary as much as ever. "
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