King Charles to divert Crown Estate windfall to 'public good'

[Scott]

King Charles has asked for a surge in profits from six new offshore wind farms on the Crown Estate, worth £1bn, to be used for the "wider public good", rather than the Royal Family.

The Royal Household's public funding is based on 25% of Crown Estate profits.

But King Charles wants to reduce this percentage so that more is kept by the Treasury to be used for public spending.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64319323

[thaibeachlovers]

Good for him.

[spidermike007]

He seesm to have his heart in the right place, unlike some others. 

[bangon04]

now that the Duchy of Cornwall actually passed to his son, he is suddenly interested in donating some of it..............for years he milked it.

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, bangon04 said:

now that the Duchy of Cornwall actually passed to his son, he is suddenly interested in donating some of it..............for years he milked it.

The new wind farm profits are nowhere near Cornwall

 

Three of the new offshore wind farm locations are off the North Wales, Cumbria and Lancashire coast, and three are in the North Sea off the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coast.

[bangon04]

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

The new wind farm profits are nowhere near Cornwall

 

Three of the new offshore wind farm locations are off the North Wales, Cumbria and Lancashire coast, and three are in the North Sea off the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coast.

and the Duchy of Cornwall is mostly not in Cornwall either.....

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, bangon04 said:

and the Duchy of Cornwall is mostly not in Cornwall either.....

https://duchyofcornwall.org/about-the-duchy

 

10 minutes ago, bangon04 said:

now that the Duchy of Cornwall actually passed to his son, he is suddenly interested in donating some of it..............for years he milked it.

Ditto same reply + all other areas of the Duchy so this is zero to do with the Duchy of Cornwall

Edited January 22, 2023 by Bkk Brian

[billd766]

Only posts by TBL and spidermike007 have actually commented on the content of the post.

 

The rest are just nit picking.

 

I think that he has done a good and right thing, no matter where the offshore windfarms are located.

[Mac Mickmanus]

3 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

The new wind farm profits are nowhere near Cornwall

 

Three of the new offshore wind farm locations are off the North Wales, Cumbria and Lancashire coast, and three are in the North Sea off the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coast.

The "Duchy of Cornwall " is a person , it inst a place .

Its a person title , rather than land area

[Bkk Brian]

24 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

The "Duchy of Cornwall " is a person , it inst a place .

Its a person title , rather than land area

The Duke of Cornwall is a person, the Duchy of Cornwall is as stated in the link I provided:

 

https://duchyofcornwall.org/about-the-duchy/

The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate established by Edward III in 1337 to provide independence to his son and heir, Prince Edward. A charter ruled that each future Duke of Cornwall would be the eldest surviving son of the Monarch and heir to the throne.

 

The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate

https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/features/duchy-cornwall#:~:text=The Duchy of Cornwall is,Duke of Cornwall%2C since 1969.

 

Feel free to to be specific and provide a link to your claim. "The "Duchy of Cornwall " is a person , it inst a place"

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7 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

The Duke of Cornwall is a person, the Duchy of Cornwall is as stated in the link I provided:

 

https://duchyofcornwall.org/about-the-duchy/

The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate established by Edward III in 1337 to provide independence to his son and heir, Prince Edward. A charter ruled that each future Duke of Cornwall would be the eldest surviving son of the Monarch and heir to the throne.

 

The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate

https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/features/duchy-cornwall#:~:text=The Duchy of Cornwall is,Duke of Cornwall%2C since 1969.

 

Feel free to to be specific and provide a link to your claim. "The "Duchy of Cornwall " is a person , it inst a place"

Let's see if you mastered that magic trick and made a poster disappear.

[Mac Mickmanus]

5 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

The Duke of Cornwall is a person, the Duchy of Cornwall is as stated in the link I provided:

 

https://duchyofcornwall.org/about-the-duchy/

The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate established by Edward III in 1337 to provide independence to his son and heir, Prince Edward. A charter ruled that each future Duke of Cornwall would be the eldest surviving son of the Monarch and heir to the throne.

 

The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate

https://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/features/duchy-cornwall#:~:text=The Duchy of Cornwall is,Duke of Cornwall%2C since 1969.

 

Feel free to to be specific and provide a link to your claim. "The "Duchy of Cornwall " is a person , it inst a place"

The "Duchy of Cornwall" is Prince William and it is a title that he holds .

   Read the post that you  replied to with that in mind  

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1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

The "Duchy of Cornwall" is Prince William and it is a title that he holds .

   Read the post that you  replied to with that in mind  

"Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to an approved credible source."

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4 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

The "Duchy of Cornwall" is Prince William and it is a title that he holds .

   Read the post that you  replied to with that in mind  

Really?

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/prince-william-not-cornwall-difference-7855379

 

Good luck in finding a source that supports your contention.

[Bkk Brian]

11 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

The "Duchy of Cornwall" is Prince William and it is a title that he holds .

   Read the post that you  replied to with that in mind  

Your claim:

 

"The "Duchy of Cornwall " is a person , it inst a place"

 

Provide a statement from a credible link to prove your claim. I have already provided 2 credible links to counter it.

 

The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 22, 2023 by Bkk Brian

[Mac Mickmanus]

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

Your claim:

 

"The "Duchy of Cornwall " is a person , it inst a place"

 

Provide a statement from a credible link to prove your claim. I have already provided 2 credible links to counter it.

 

 

https://duchyofcornwall.org/about-the-duchy/#:~:text=About the Duchy-,The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate established by,HRH The Prince of Wales.

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3 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

https://duchyofcornwall.org/about-the-duchy/#:~:text=About the Duchy-,The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate established by,HRH The Prince of Wales.

I followed the link. Google highlighted this:  Here is the crucial portion without highlights: The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate

The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate established by Edward III in 1337 to provide independence to his son and heir, Prince Edward. A charter ruled that each future Duke of Cornwall would be the eldest surviving son of the Monarch and heir to the throne. The current Duke is HRH The Prince of Wales.

Here is the crucial portion without highlights: "The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate..."

Do you understand the distinction made between the Duchy of Cornwall and the Duke of Cornwall?

 

Edited January 22, 2023 by placeholder

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

https://duchyofcornwall.org/about-the-duchy/#:~:text=About the Duchy-,The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate established by,HRH The Prince of Wales.

From your link: The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate

 

As I stated, it is not a person.

 

 

You've yet to provide a link to your claim, you can't.

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Just now, Bkk Brian said:

From your link: The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate

 

As I stated, it is not a person.

 

 

You've yet to provide a link to your claim, you can't.

I think you may have to call in Gandalf to make him disappear.

[Mac Mickmanus]

1 minute ago, Bkk Brian said:

From your link: The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate

 

As I stated, it is not a person.

 

 

You've yet to provide a link to your claim, you can't.

The point of the original post is that now that King Charles isn't the Duke/Duchy of Cornwall anymore and he now doesn't receive income from that estate , he has now decided to give that income to the tax man instead of keeping it for himself .

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

The point of the original post is that now that King Charles isn't the Duke/Duchy of Cornwall anymore and he now doesn't receive income from that estate , he has now decided to give that income to the tax man instead of keeping it for himself .

Here is your original point with its unsubstantiated claim. That is false

[Mac Mickmanus]

10 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Here is your original point with its unsubstantiated claim. That is false

Oh yes, so it is , The Duke of Cornwall is the owner/recipient  of the Duchy of Cornwall , thanks for pointing of that important bit of info .

  Duke being the person, Duchy being the land 

[Bkk Brian]

5 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Oh yes, so it is , The Duke of Cornwall is the owner/recipient  of the Duchy of Cornwall , thanks for pointing of that important bit of info .

  Duke being the person, Duchy being the land 

Finally. 5 posts later an admission when presented with facts. After derailing the topic.

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23 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

The point of the original post is that now that King Charles isn't the Duke/Duchy of Cornwall anymore and he now doesn't receive income from that estate , he has now decided to give that income to the tax man instead of keeping it for himself .

Not true. He just wants to turn the windfall profits back to the State. Not only that, but the percentage of income that he gets to keep is not for him to say. It's the Treasury that decides this. The 25% was, in fact, a temporary rise from 15% to finance work on Buckingham palace. In fact as the article further notes:

 

"Sir Michael Stevens, the Keeper of the Privy Purse, has written to the prime minister and chancellor to propose an "appropriate reduction".

But anti-monarchy campaigners, Republic, have rejected the move as "cynical PR to pre-empt a government decision to reduce the percentage".

The group's chief executive Graham Smith said the King's statement "reflected an arrangement he had no power to change".

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64319323

 

[NotEinstein]

Changed my name by deed poll to Public Good, chosen pronoun - the.

[thaibeachlovers]

14 hours ago, bangon04 said:

now that the Duchy of Cornwall actually passed to his son, he is suddenly interested in donating some of it..............for years he milked it.

You need to prove that accusation. What was he "milking it" for, exactly? He hardly lived a jet setter life.

 

Also, do you assume he didn't discuss it with William? I reckon William would approve.

[thaibeachlovers]

11 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

The "Duchy of Cornwall " is a person , it inst a place .

Its a person title , rather than land area

The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate that the Duke of Cornwall administers and not part of the Crown estate. The topic is about the Crown estate.

 

https://duchyofcornwall.org/frequently-asked-questions.html

[thaibeachlovers]

10 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

https://duchyofcornwall.org/about-the-duchy/#:~:text=About the Duchy-,The Duchy of Cornwall is a private estate established by,HRH The Prince of Wales.

Not by the previous Prince of Wales

 

https://duchyofcornwall.org/frequently-asked-questions.html

 

The Duchy of Cornwall is a well-managed private estate, which was established by Edward III in 1337.