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| Zebidee:
I was wondering if the sovereign grant was used responsibly, or just spent on parties... As it turns out, a lot of it is just spent on parties! Five minutes googling reveals: --- Quote ---It is used by the Queen and other members of the Royal Family to pay for royal duties, such as receptions and garden parties and visiting schools. Last year, almost 2,300 official engagements were carried out. With the easing of restrictions following the pandemic, travel costs rose by £1.3m to £4.5m in 2021-22. This included 26 journeys that cost more than £15,000 each. For example, a Royal Train journey by the Queen to attend a G7 leaders' reception in Cornwall cost £31,796. The most expensive trip, costing £226,383, was the the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's tour of the Caribbean in March. The payment is based on the profits of the Crown Estate, a property business owned by the monarch but run independently. --- End quote --- The Queen also receives money from a private estate called the Duchy of Lancaster, which is passed down from monarch to monarch, and generates about £20m a year in profits. https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-57559653 The Queen herself seemed to have personal assets of around $500 million. The Monarchy PLC holds nearly $28 billion in assets through various entities such as The Crown Estate, and the Palaces, according to Forbes. [EDIT] --- Quote ---The crown holds, but cannot sell, nearly $28 billion in assets through the Crown Estate ($19.5 billion), Buckingham Palace (est. $4.9 billion), the Duchy of Cornwall ($1.3 billion), the Duchy of Lancaster ($748 million), Kensington Palace (est. $630 million) and the Crown Estate Scotland ($592 million). --- End quote --- https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielshapiro/2021/03/10/inside-the-firm-how-the-royal-familys-28-billion-money-machine-really-works/?sh=3a75c2812bcc |
| Ropi Jo:
--- Quote from: bobbyb13 on September 10, 2022, 01:58:33 am --- Deference to someone as adorable to the late Queen is certainly part of the reason that people have tolerated the whole situation. Her offspring maybe not so much. --- End quote --- This. |
| RandyT:
Looks like the deeper one dig, the uglier it gets. Seems that in jolly old England there's a 40% inheritance tax for the plebs. It's been codified that the royal family is exempt. I guess their support payments just went up considerably. Really starting to see now where the resentment is coming from. Can't possibly end badly with this guy as "King" :lol Oof moment |
| pbj:
I watched this movie back in the 90s. Their lives seem pretty damn miserable to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles:_The_Private_Man,_the_Public_Role |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: pbj on September 12, 2022, 01:33:02 pm ---Their lives seem pretty damn miserable to me. --- End quote --- That's nothing rejection of that life, along with a real job and clawing your way through life for the very existence of yourself and your family won't fix. Oh wait... :P |
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