The King, The Prince & Their Secret Millions (Channel 4)

Surprised nobody has posted this yet…

For years, the royals kept details of some of their wealth secret. Dispatches reveals what they have kept under wraps - about who is paying them, and for what.

This interview is well worth a listen:

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The King charging the NHS and the RNLI to use his land…no surprise there then.

Not to mention millions of pounds worth of diamonds in the royal bling which you have to pay to look at.
The revolution can’t come soon enough for me :grinning:

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Wikipedia says:

The Crown Estate is a collection of lands and holdings that belong to the monarch as part of their role as sovereign, but are not their personal property. The monarch cannot sell the Crown Estate or keep the revenues from it. Instead, the Crown Estate is held in trust and governed by Act of Parliament. The monarch receives income from the Crown Estate, but 75% of the revenue goes to the UK Treasury …

Did C4 Dispatches mention that?

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