The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are "ridiculous" and should have their public funding scrapped, their local MP has said.

Recently elected Kensington representative Emma Dent Coad criticised her two constituents and "the whole system" of the Royal Family at a pro-republican event on Monday.

"Their MP thinks the system is ridiculous," she told delegates at a Labour conference fringe event entitled Reigning in the Monarchy.

"We should not be funding them."

Image: Emma Dent Coad won the Kensington seat at the election in June

The Duke and Duchess live in Kensington Palace, a royal residence in one of the most affluent parts of the borough.


Ms Dent Coad also complained it was "disgusting" the Duchess of Cambridge had bought jumpers at an estimated cost of £150 each when "that's a food bill for a family of four", adding: "That's absolutely outrageous."

She also attacked the BBC for producing "sickeningly gratuitous coverage of anything royal" and accused the broadcaster of being "very heavily directed by right-wing politics and the monarchy".

"It is a piece of the whole propaganda machine," she said.

Image: William and Kate live in Kensington Palace, in Ms Dent Coad's constituency

Ms Dent Coad won the Kensington seat in June's general election, her slim majority of 20 giving Labour its first win in the constituency.

She was thrust into the limelight almost immediately after the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed around 80 people.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan called her an "amazing advocate for the neglected residents" who were left devastated by the disaster.