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Stonehedge in reply to @c00ps

I've never understood the upset about the grant, considering that it was only awarded in return for the Royal Family paying tax on private income and giving up all Crown Estate profits. In 20/21, the Crown Estate earned the taxpayer nearly a quarter of a billion and the Royal Grant was £80m or so.

Given that the Queen is reputed to have half a billion of private wealth squirelled away, its impossible to know where this ££ is coming from.

Anyway, for the Royal Thread.

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chez_jay in reply to @Stonehedge

In 20/21, the Crown Estate earned the taxpayer nearly a quarter of a billion and the Royal Grant was £80m or so.

Have I missed something, or is this an overly complex way of saying about a third of their tax is handed back to them?

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Stonehedge in reply to @chez_jay

Kind of I guess, although I gather a large portion of the grant just goes straight into maintaining the palaces, which the Royal Family don't own.

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