Revealed: King Charles secretly profiting from the assets of dead citizens

Exclusive: Assets of thousands of people in north-west England used to upgrade king’s property empire via archaic custom

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Events marking #QueenElizabeth’s death cost the public £161.7m, figures show

Critics say the extravagance is inappropriate when people are struggling with the #CostOfLivingCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/18/events-marking-queen-elizabeths-death-cost-the-public-161m-figures-show #CostOfTheCrown #TaxDodgingParasites

Events marking Queen Elizabeth’s death cost the public £161.7m, figures show

Critics say the extravagance is inappropriate when people are struggling with the cost of living crisis

The Guardian

Err, no, BBC, it didn't cost "the government" £162m.

The government doesn't have money of its own, remember.

It's the taxpayers' money.

Still waiting to see the final tally for that fancy dress party back on 6 May...

#Monarchy #CostOfTheCrown

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65636772

Queen Elizabeth II: Funeral cost government £162m

The state funeral, in September last year, followed a period of national mourning.

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Why we put royal wealth under the microscope on eve of coronation

With days to go until Charles is enthroned, here’s what we learned from the Cost of the crown project

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'Why we put #royal wealth under the microscope on eve of #coronation

With days to go until #Charles is enthroned, here’s what we learned from the #CostOfTheCrown project'
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/04/why-we-put-royal-wealth-under-the-microscope-on-eve-of-coronation
#KingCharles #TaxDodgingParasites #Monarchy

Why we put royal wealth under the microscope on eve of coronation

With days to go until Charles is enthroned, here’s what we learned from the Cost of the crown project

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Cost of the crown part 2: Duchies, diamonds and Dalis

Maeve McClenaghan sets off to uncover what is held by the crown and what belongs to the royal family privately

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The masterpieces kept in royal palaces out of sight of British public

Questions raised over status of royal collection –the last European royal art collection still mostly in hands of sovereign

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Cost of the crown: what we know so far about British royals’ wealth and finances

Read a summary of our findings about the personal enrichment of the royal family and origins of some of their wealth

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King Charles renting out Edinburgh property given to mother in role as queen

Profit from building treated for decades as state-owned adds to questions over palace’s gifts policy

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Those who pulled down Colson's statue have enabled investigation into the sources of wealth to become mainstream.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/commentisfree/2023/apr/07/edward-colston-statue-slavery-monarchy-blm-bristol

#CostOfTheCrown

Those who tore down Colston’s statue helped lead us to the truth about slavery and the monarchy

BLM protesters in Bristol were accused, in 2020, of ‘erasing history’. Now we know they have flooded it with light, says law lecturer Kojo Koram

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