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> "Like it or not, it's still their personal belongings and you would also need to confiscate those." As long as they fully pay taxes (multiple dwellings, appr

> "Like it or not, it's still their personal belongings and you would also need to confiscate those." As long as they fully pay taxes (multiple dwellings, appreciation), maintenance and security out of their own pockets (like everybody else does) - as opposed to having all of that fully subsidized by the British public - I don't think anybody is going to have a problem with that. Also, the claim that those are all "their personal belongings" is contestable. You could easily make the case that at it all belongs to the British people (as it's being funded, maintained, guarded and paid-for by the British people).

drcongo 3y ago
I would be perfectly happy with the confiscate option too.
AndrewDucker 3y ago
I'm fine with it - because given a couple of generations inheritance tax will take most of it off of them.
epolanski 3y ago
> The royal family collects fees from The Sovereign Grant Act, a taxpayer fund that is used to maintain royal palaces and royal duties such as receptions and travel. > The Sovereign Grant for 2022 to 2023 is just under $100 million. Payments are based on profits from the Crown Estate, a property business that is owned by the monarch but runs independently Essentially most of the crown belongings are managed by the government and the royal family gets 15% of it, with the remaining 85% going to the British citizens. But to say that average briton spends a single penny on the royal family is technically wrong.
lou1306 3y ago
> As long as they fully pay taxes Yeah about that, you may want to look into the Duchy of Lancaster. A huge holding whose owner (aka the sovereign) only pays income tax because they want to, and which has not been subject to inheritance tax. https://news.sky.com/story/why-king-charles-wont-have-to-pay-inheritance-tax-on-duchy-of-lancaster-estate-12695884 https://news.sky.com/story/why-king-charles-wont-have-to-pay...

drcongo 3y ago

I would be perfectly happy with the confiscate option too.

AndrewDucker 3y ago

I'm fine with it - because given a couple of generations inheritance tax will take most of it off of them.

epolanski 3y ago

> The royal family collects fees from The Sovereign Grant Act, a taxpayer fund that is used to maintain royal palaces and royal duties such as receptions and travel. > The Sovereign Grant for 2022 to 2023 is just under $100 million. Payments are based on profits from the Crown Estate, a property business that is owned by the monarch but runs independently Essentially most of the crown belongings are managed by the government and the royal family gets 15% of it, with the remaining 85% going to the British citizens. But to say that average briton spends a single penny on the royal family is technically wrong.

lou1306 3y ago

> As long as they fully pay taxes Yeah about that, you may want to look into the Duchy of Lancaster. A huge holding whose owner (aka the sovereign) only pays income tax because they want to, and which has not been subject to inheritance tax. https://news.sky.com/story/why-king-charles-wont-have-to-pay-inheritance-tax-on-duchy-of-lancaster-estate-12695884 https://news.sky.com/story/why-king-charles-wont-have-to-pay...