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Originally Posted by Liam-
Not abolished, but Imo there’s no way a family with a ridiculous personal wealth Such as theirs should be kept by public tax to the extent that they are, it’s ludicrous that hundreds of millions of pounds are spent on fixing their houses and paying for their weddings just because they got lucky and was born into a supposedly ‘superior’ gene line, if they started using their own money for things rather than pocketing the tax money, there’d be a lot more money to spend on actual important things challenging the country, other than the new tiles in Lizzie’s 32nd bathroom.
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Tbf, it's a complicated situation where the sovereign grant comes from the public purse. That only happens for official duties on behalf of the country because the revenue from the crown estate actually goes back into the treasury.
Effectively, the Royals have the personal fortune of their family but long since lost what effectively belongs to the country and get an "allowance" for their official jobs.
The profits of the crown estate far outweigh the cost of the sovereign grant.
The current monarch "owns" the crown estate but as a matter of tradition and basically for show. But technically doesn't as all the funds go to the government.
They really are nothing more than show pony's and are basically glorified tourist attractions.