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> The revenues of the Crown Estate belong to the Treasury Would said revenues remain the same, were the monarch to be taken out of the equation?
by mariuolo 6y ago
> The revenues of the Crown Estate belong to the Treasury
Would said revenues remain the same, were the monarch to be taken out of the equation?
- djrobstep 6y agoYes, the Crown Estate is already administered by a public body that would presumably continue to operate much the same should the UK become a republic. Of course, the public would benefit immensely by no longer having to send a quarter of the revenue to the Queen personally.
- pmyteh 6y agoYes; the Queen's own (extensive) property would remain hers, but the Crown Estate would almost certainly remain with the state. It's a holdover from the days when there was little separation between the King's own money and the government's, and the King paid the expenses of government himself.