From: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Queen - Worse than Robert Maxwell ????
Date: 2 Sep 92 11:56:33 GMT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada

neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Postlethwaite) writes:

-
- On the Monarchy subject, I wrote down a few facts and educated guesses
- by professional Royal Watchers quoted on 'The Monarchy' documentary
- series on ITV. I think you'll find it 'illuminating'  .....
-
- Running Costs Payed for by *the State*, not her
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Royal Yacht Brittania         #20 million UKpounds/year
- Royal Flight                  #6 million UKpounds/year *
- Royal Train                   #2.6 million UKpounds/year
- Palaces                               #25 million UKpounds
- Civil List                    #10 million UKpounds/year
-
- * The Royal Flight was recently upgraded to 4 BAe 146 jets and 2
-   Westland helicopter

  I have a tendancy to question the above expenditures of state, save the civil
List.
-
- Income the Queen gets
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Duchy of Cornwall             #3 million UKpounds/year
- Duchy of Lancaster            Not mentioned
- Civil List (above)
-
- Personal Property
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- Forbes magazine estimates her personal wealth at #7 billion UK pounds
-
- Land                          52,000 acres
- Jewellery                     #40 million UKpounds worth
- Sandringham House             #75 million UKpounds market value
- Balmoral Castle                       #40 million UKpounds market value
- Investment Portfolio          #500 million UKpounds (estimated)
-
-
- Comments from the program.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- The Queen pays absolutely *NO* tax whatsoever. The estimate was this had
- saved her #20 million UKpounds this year. Queen Victoria payed all her
- due taxes. George V and George VI did secret deals with the Chancellor
- and the result was over about 20-30 years, the Queen ended up tax free.
-
- Foreign tourists who come to the UK spend #3 billion UKpounds/year. This
- was pushed as an argument for keeping the Royal Family. Is there any
- proof for this ??? No !! In 1975 a survey of tourist said only 1% came
- mainly because of the Royal Family. In 1985 None said they came because
- of them. The 1985 crowd when asked if they would come anyway. All said
- yes.
-
- Wills of the Queen are private. *ALL* others arer public property and
- can be scruitinised by anyone that wants a gawk at them.
-
- Investments of the Queen are private. Everyone elses investment details
- are recorded at Companies House in London. This was because of a special
- clause inserted in the 1953 Investments Act.
-
- The reason the Ministry of Defence pays for the Royal Yacht and the
- Royal Flight is that they can be used in time of war. The Royal Yacht
- has **never** went to war simce it was built. In the Falklands it was
- claimed it used the 'wrong type of fuel'.
-
- The same fuel as HMS Hermes, the aircraft carrier that fought, uses ........
-
- Finally. Spain's Royal family, though smaller and not so prominant
- round the world. King Jaun Carlos gets #4 million from the Spanish
- State, has no private income, payes all his own bills and taxes.
-
-
- Comments anyone .........
-
- Neil The Treasonable

  Treasonable?  Certainly NOT!! I might be a small-m monarchist, however when
it comes to taxation and priveleges, the queen (or king) should be no different
that any other citizen.  The non-civil list stuff should be subject to
taxation!!

Dave Shariff Yadallee (yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca,
userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca)
God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!
Treaty of Maastricht, synonymous with the Key to Armageddon.
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