kingdom that should pay taxes

[Surasak]

On 11/4/2024 at 4:59 PM, Mavideol said:

what's the purpose of the UK royal family??? to get richer every year without any taxes while the UK citizens have to pay taxes and pay for the royalty lavish life 🤔

The Duchy of Lancaster is owned by the Royal Family. Income from that all that property is controlled by the government, and they return an amount each quarter or yearly to the Royal family. Is that a tax!!?? The Duke of Cornwall Prince William, pays tax on all the income he earns from that Duchy. I do believe its called INCOME TAX!? I would be very well off if I could gain just one months worth of the taxes the Royal Family pay.

[Surasak]

On 11/4/2024 at 5:10 PM, Mavideol said:

REALLY??? how so, is the article incorrect, do you have supporting data to your claim

And where is the supporting data for your claim!!!!????

[Jim Blue]

On 11/4/2024 at 4:59 PM, Mavideol said:

what's the purpose of the UK royal family??? to get richer every year without any taxes while the UK citizens have to pay taxes and pay for the royalty lavish life 🤔

Mavideol if the family were abolished who would spend money to come to the UK to see some mayor and his wife/boyfriend.? Not me ....

[NoshowJones]

On 11/5/2024 at 1:17 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

What makes you think that the royal family do not pay any taxes?  The King does, voluntarily, as does the Prince of Wales.  Other members pay tax in the normal way. 

Does Old King Charlie not pay tax on all that polish that his servants use to clean all these unearned medals he wears which he aqquired only because of his birth?

[Liverpool Lou]

22 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

Does Old King Charlie not pay tax on all that polish that his servants use to clean all these unearned medals he wears which he aqquired only because of his birth?

I've no idea but I am sure that at least he can spell "acquired" correctly.

 

"...all these unearned medals he wears which he aqquired only because of his birth?".

Such ignorance, you really need to check up on the meaning of many of those medals related to his military service.

[Fairynuff]

I’d gladly suffer life under the UK monarchy than live under a presidential system like the US is about to experience AGAIN.

[NoshowJones]

17 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I've no idea but I am sure that at least he can spell "acquired" correctly.

 

"...all these unearned medals he wears which he aqquired only because of his birth?".

Such ignorance, you really need to check up on the meaning of many of those medals related to his military service.

Military service. . Which wars did he fight in? .

[tmd5855]

4 hours ago, jesimps said:

I guess by your post that you'd rather have President Starmer, Blair, Truss or May. Imagine the embarrassment of having President Raynor or Lammy. No thanks! I'd rather keep the royals, warts and all.

But, when the start behaving badly like Boris or Randy Andy you vote them out.  You cannot vote out this guy for 'adultery'

[herfiehandbag]

On 11/5/2024 at 7:58 AM, Thingamabob said:

There have been questions about this family from the moment they

changed their name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, during WW1, in order to pretend they were not German.

They had been the Royal family for getting on for 200 years or so when they changed their family name. Prior to that we had the Dutch (William and Mary), Scots ( Stuarts), Welsh (Tudors), for a long time the French (in the guise of the Normans. By my reckoning that makes Harold (the one that got slotted at Hastings in 1066) the last English monarch!

 

There are many examples of bees in bonnets kicking around on these forums, but to claim that the current Royal Family (Windsors) are German really is a classic!

[Thingamabob]

22 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

They had been the Royal family for getting on for 200 years or so when they changed their family name. Prior to that we had the Dutch (William and Mary), Scots ( Stuarts), Welsh (Tudors), for a long time the French (in the guise of the Normans. By my reckoning that makes Harold (the one that got slotted at Hastings in 1066) the last English monarch!

 

There are many examples of bees in bonnets kicking around on these forums, but to claim that the current Royal Family (Windsors) are German really is a classic!

Harold was indeed the last English monarch. Sad.

[Thingamabob]

On 11/5/2024 at 7:11 AM, john donson said:

 

tax free on the billions from MUMMY

 

5 hours ago, jesimps said:

I guess by your post that you'd rather have President Starmer, Blair, Truss or May. Imagine the embarrassment of having President Raynor or Lammy. No thanks! I'd rather keep the royals, warts and all.

No objection to monarchies in general so long as they act in the best interests of their country. The Windsors, so called, while not holding direct power, have failed on many occasions to use their enormous influence to benefit Britain.  A classic example was their support for Britain's unnecessary involvement in WW1 which resulted in tragic losses for countless British families including my own.

Edited 11 minutes ago by Thingamabob