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My point is not that she didn’t get it through being a part of the aristocracy; my point is that the royal family is a net contributor. 2019/2020 contributions
by callamdelaney 6y ago
My point is not that she didn’t get it through being a part of the aristocracy; my point is that the royal family is a net contributor. 2019/2020 contributions to the treasury were £345,000,000[0] In the same year the monarchy were paid roughly £90m [1].
Last I checked it didn’t matter how one acquired something as long as one owns it. It’s really irrelevant how they came into that land.
[0] https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/en-gb/media-and-insights/news/2020-the-crown-estate-announces-3450-million-net-revenue-profit-for-201920/ https://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/en-gb/media-and-insights/ne...
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/372882/uk-royal-family-expenditure-breakdown/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/372882/uk-royal-family-e...
- Symbiote 6y agoThe land, buildings, seabed etc should belong to the UK, similar to the land owned by the Forestry Commission or MoD. The sovereign does not own it, but takes part of the profit from it to fund the royal family, and gives the rest to the treasury. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Estate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Estate has a good background.
- callamdelaney 6y agoI think it's a potentially slippery slope to run around deciding who should own what; isn't it?