I was just thinking: How did Padme come to own 3PO? Thinking back to ATC she and Anakin are there on Tatooine looking for his mom. He finds her at the Tusken camp and slaughter everyone there and she dies. The bury her then they intercept the message and zoom, they're off to rescue Obi-wan.
Somehow 3PO has stowed away onboard Padme's ship and he gets the adventure of being decapitated and mixed up with the droid soldier. Next thing we see is him all polished up and working as Padme's butler in ROTS.
What happened after AOTC? Did she just keep 3PO? Did she send Clieg Lars a check and a note saying "take this money, I'm not returning the protocol droid"?
Another thing: Who's paying for all these expensive space cruisers she flies all over the place? I count at least 4 different ones she used in between the 3 prequel movies. All of them are "Nubian" which I suppose are very expensive makes if they cost as much as they appear and if you take Watto's opinion. If I were a Naboo taxpayer I'd be voting to cut her off.