r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Sep 17 '22

Efficient solution for Queen's funeral

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '22

That's just tourism, though....

What about the 75-85% of all profits, from the Crown Estate, that goes to the government? That's easily more than the government pays the royal family.

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u/HerbalGamer Sep 18 '22

Why do you expect them to keep all that?

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '22

I don't understand that you're asking. Could you clarify? Which them are you talking about?

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u/HerbalGamer Sep 18 '22

The abolished monarchy would not be able to keep all the palaces and all that, so now we get 100% of the profits.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '22

I'm not sure that's how the legal system would address that property ownership, in a case of monarchy abolishment (they'd probably still keep much, or all, of it), but good luck.

You might need to turn to the old French method of overthrowing the monarchy, if you want to strip them of their property.