Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is being criticized for charging £10 ($16) per student joining his son’s end-of-term party at his mansion, the Daily Mail reported.

For safety and the privacy of their son, Blair banned parents from driving into their estate, the report said.

As an alternative, they reserved coaches to escort the party goers from the school to Buckinghamshire, where the Blairs live. The students who were invited to the party had to pay a seat fee of £10, it said.

Since the Blairs are known to have a fortune of about £60 million, some parents of the students were unhappy with the fee.

However, a spokesman for the Blairs said: “The Blairs have agreed with the headmaster that if any family can’t afford the cost of the coach, then they won’t have to pay.”

By Christopher Kim
Intern Reporter
(chriskim1006@gmail.com)