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Perhaps I am dense, but how? Do you see the royal family as a positive branding exercise or something, inspiring people to work harder?
by fullshark 4y ago
Perhaps I am dense, but how? Do you see the royal family as a positive branding exercise or something, inspiring people to work harder?
- LeoPanthera 4y agoYou can read the finances in detail here, which is now a few years old, but still relevant. https://brandirectory.com/download-report/bf_monarchy_report_2017.pdf https://brandirectory.com/download-report/bf_monarchy_report...
- Jensson 4y agoThe royal family owns a lot of land and they let the state use it for free. Of course you could take that land from then when you dethrone them, but since we respect property rights of billionaires we probably wouldn't.
- jleyank 4y agoThey’re not billionaires in a liquid sense. Read in the bbc or guardian that the current pm (sunak) was wealthier than the queen. And people on HN love to talk about some billionaires…