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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•5 months agoMuch of it is owned by the Crown Estate. Which is technically owned by the current monarch, but it’s not their personal property. All sounds like a scam to me to prevent inheritance taxes scooping off a chunk every time one of them carks it.
minus-squareJohnEdwalinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoAll the revenue that the Crown Estate generates is given directly to the UK government to use, so they get plenty of tax from it already. ~$400 million in 2022 for example.
Much of it is owned by the Crown Estate. Which is technically owned by the current monarch, but it’s not their personal property.
All sounds like a scam to me to prevent inheritance taxes scooping off a chunk every time one of them carks it.
All the revenue that the Crown Estate generates is given directly to the UK government to use, so they get plenty of tax from it already. ~$400 million in 2022 for example.