Royalty

Both, clearly.

Buy local, think royal.

I like the idea that some auld biddy has finally just seen the light and gone 'Fuck these guys off to Oxfam'. But she's probably just died, hasn't she?

No, she's gone to live on a lovely farm in Wales.

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But it's now claimed by royal author Robert Hardman that the King has decided to stop paying for security at Prince Andrew's house or to provide a personal allowance. Together, these costs are believed to amount to several million pounds a year.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/02/king-and-prince-william-estates-millions-charities-public-services-nhs-leasing-land

Filthy money.

We need to know what they spend their money on. There must be many, many millions spent on building maintenance. For buildings with a criminally low occupancy rate. Stick new towns on their estates. The big buildings could be repurposed.

Well, as per last year when the funding reared it's ugly head we were given notice by the security company that employed us. We were told another company was taking us on but with about 6 days to go they went silent. So our company cancelled the redundancy and we were still employed by them. This year in or about July we were told we were fucked again and out of a job the 1st Nov. Something has gone on that we are not privy to and now we are Royal Household staff employed by the Duke with a temporary boss from a security company running our admin until such time someone from the RH staff takes the reins. Basically we are more securely employed now than we were (probably). It's obviously cheaper employing us direct and not through a company but I don't know where the filthy lucre is coming from.

don't know where the filthy lucre is coming from.

See the post above.

Well yes but he doesn't have any. There's only so many dodgy Kazakhstanis in the world.

Both duchies said they were commercial operations that complied with statutory requirements.

Notwithstanding that a lot of those statutory requirements have specific and explicit carveouts to exclude the royal estates.

This hacks me off. And yet they still get the sovereign grant every year. They’re like a gang of road men tapping us every year. It’s got to stop.

Even charging charities they are patrons of, the brazen, grubby little parasites.

And William has the brass neck to do a documentary on homelessness.

As shameless as they are entitled and fuck all we can do about it

spanish throwing mud at their king and calling him a murderer for causing all that rain to fall on valencia. hopefully when charlie visits some floods this winter we can follow suit.
i've got my mud ready.

Also the king hugging the people shouting at him, and sharing their grief - it's all very Spanish.

These kinda story’s just boil your piss

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“Where’s my fucking rent?”

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On a website far away, somebody started yet another discussion about historical accuracy and cultural sensitivity in Assassin's Creed. I conjured up the idea of Ubisoft making "Assassin's Creed: Princess Diana" to illustrate a point, and now I really wish they'd make that game. A French games company tainting the memory of the blessed saint? Reform and the Tory gutter press would go mental.

Finally watched the Dispatches documentary last night, even though I knew the general story the details are totally shocking, such abject greed and base hypocrisy.

As a minimum they need to clean things up, be transparent and pay corporation tax and/or forego the sovereign grant.

I know, I'm dreaming, aren't I.

Power never willingly concedes anything without demanding something in return.

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Don’t know who or what that is. Post is a (mis)quote by Frederick Douglass.

https://youtu.be/b5I94bT23cQ?si=WrCAKyDg6Y2RG18_

.https://youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc

£72mn for chucks inauguration