[News] British monarchy “making millions from taxpayers”

[Guinness Boy]

 

[GT49er]

Yawn..........

 

[beorhthelm]

this is going to be various misunderstanding of how the Crown Estates, Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall operate.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Scroungers

 

[Greg Bobkin]

That's not new information, is it?

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Surely "making millions from taxpayers" is exactly what all monarchies have always done?

 

[BrickTamland]

Isn’t that the point of a monarchy?

Bunch of lemmings in this country.

 

[clapham_gull]

this is going to be various misunderstanding of how the Crown Estates, Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall operate

Yes I'm genuinely misunderstanding how the system has been allowed to keep the Royal Family ridiculously wealthy

 

[beorhthelm]

Yes I'm genuinely misunderstanding how the system has been allowed to keep the Royal Family ridiculously wealthy

of course the royals are ridiculously wealthy, with many estates like Balmoral, Sandingham, many art and other assets kicking about. i'm expecting the programme to pass over that and focus on the estates that are parts of the state, some of which are merely managed by the royals as they pass through.

 

[Dun Lurkin]

My wife has turned from a Royalist into a Republican after watching that documentary!

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

….they smiled so much and waived their flags….

 

[Albion my Albion]

My wife has turned from a Royalist into a Republican after watching that documentary!

I was going to say, Aren't you the citizens that are handing your money over to the Royal Family?

 

[dazzer6666]

Wondering if @Bozza has put a limit on the number of threads that can be ignored by an NSC user

 

[BBassic]

Parasites.

 

[Bozza]

Wondering if @Bozza has put a limit on the number of threads that can be ignored by an NSC user

Not for premium premium premiuim patrons.

(I;m not aware of any limit - I think @Weststander is up to about 3 million or something)

 

[AmexRuislip]

….they smiled so much and waived their flags….

And in their heads............

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

In the same way that Trump supporters are completely unaffected by any of the revelations which have come to light about him, this programme won't make the slightest difference to the flag waving monarchists in this country

 

[Birdie Boy]

And aren't they losing c £1bn each year from the money that goes to the treasury?

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Turn Buckingham Palace into affordable flats..

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Not sure what the issue is. The Duchies are privately owned 'businesses', admittedly they don't pay corporation tax at 25% but William and Charles do pay income tax on the income they receive .... at 45%. If government departments need to rent buildings what is the difference between paying rent to the Duchies and a private corporation probably with foreign shareholders ?

Additionally, both Duchies provide housing to many and farm tenancies - something you wouldn't get from large shareholder owned corporations.

I can think of a lot of other things to get all angry over.