King Charles to receive huge pay rise from UK taxpayerswww.theguardian.comexternal-link Fudoshin ️🏳️🌈 ( @Fudoshin@feddit.uk ) UK Politics@feddit.uk • 7 months ago message-square18fedilinkarrow-up128
arrow-up128external-linkKing Charles to receive huge pay rise from UK taxpayerswww.theguardian.com Fudoshin ️🏳️🌈 ( @Fudoshin@feddit.uk ) UK Politics@feddit.uk • 7 months ago message-square18fedilink
minus-square Flax ( @Flax_vert@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglish8•7 months ago The monarchy’s annual budget, known as the sovereign grant, is pegged against the profits from a national property portfolio called the crown estate. So it isn’t actually from the taxpayer, but basically just him being allowed to keep more money which is rightfully his. Misleading headline.
minus-square Xtallll ( @Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-27 months agoAllowed to keep more money which is derived from his ancestors theft. Accurate headline.
minus-square Flax ( @Flax_vert@feddit.uk ) linkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoYou’d find if you traced even the money you had, you’d owe it in some way to some atrocity done somewhere down the line. Even our modern products are built off of the labour of underpaid asians.
minus-square Xtallll ( @Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglish7•7 months agoAnd a rowboat and a supertanker both displace water.
minus-square Fudoshin ️🏳️🌈 ( @Fudoshin@feddit.uk ) OPlinkfedilink2•7 months agoMay I suggest you read this book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Do-You-royal-family/dp/1785906216 It’s very enlightening.
So it isn’t actually from the taxpayer, but basically just him being allowed to keep more money which is rightfully his. Misleading headline.
Allowed to keep more money which is derived from his ancestors theft. Accurate headline.
You’d find if you traced even the money you had, you’d owe it in some way to some atrocity done somewhere down the line. Even our modern products are built off of the labour of underpaid asians.
And a rowboat and a supertanker both displace water.
May I suggest you read this book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Do-You-royal-family/dp/1785906216
It’s very enlightening.
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