Why Do We Allow Them To Get Away With It?

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/23/revealed-king-charles-secretly-profiting-from-the-assets-of-dead-citizens

this month the guardian has revelaed that the king receives millions collected from bona vacantia funds in the duchy of lancaster... and that those funds have been used to generate profit for his majesty 

what right does this filthy old parasite have to these inheritances?  why do we continue to tolerate this repulsive behaviour from royalty?
 

 

[barry1010]

It's not secret, I've always known about it.

When you don't leave a Will and no relatives can be found, it all goes to the government, Charles or William

[Deskdiary]

How do you propose we stop it?

[Buenchico]

Covered last Thursday here:
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1855720.html

Duchy of Lancaster's response here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67519147

[barry1010]

Ensure everyone makes a Will, that'll stop it

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and why the hell should Charles or William get it? it's nothing more than legalised corruption. 

and then how do they go about asserting that there is no next of kin? how many "common law spouses" or stepchildren or close friends have been diddled out of inheritance money by the monarch and his/her lawyers?

 

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apologies i did not know canary had done it already... mayhaps the topic will get more attention this time

 

indeed, ensure you make a will unless you want the king to plunder your corpse

[New Judge]

"what right does this filthy old parasite have to these inheritances?"

You're not keen, then?

Frankly, I'd far prefer such funds to go to the Royal Family rather than to the Exchequer. Government wastes far too much money and providing them with any more will simply encourage  the filthy parasites to continue with their nasty habit.

[naomi24]

According to the BBC link Charles and William don't get it.

[Old_Geezer]

If you insist on having a royal family you are likely to find issues you aren't keen on regarding that.

 

If unhappy, call for modernisation and a republic.

[Buenchico]

^^^ A "common law spouse" (who was living with the deceased person at the time of their death and had been for at least two years) can make a court application, under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, for the normal rules on intestacy to be varied in their favour.  

Also, "any person (not being a child of the deceased) who in relation to any marriage or civil partnership to which the deceased was at any time a party, or otherwise in relation to any family in which the deceased at any time stood in the role of a parent, was treated by the deceased as a child of the family" (such as a stepchild) can make a similar application.

[barry1010]

From the BBC link

.....and the duchy says that such unclaimed money is given to charities, or else is used for environmental projects or to maintain properties on the estate.

[douglas9401]

Aye  but they have to get up early in the morning to beat the graspers.

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except they are obviously being deceptive about how much of it goes to charities 

"However, only a small percentage of these revenues is being given to charity. Internal duchy documents seen by the Guardian reveal how funds are secretly being used to finance the renovation of properties that are owned by the king and rented out for profit."

[Buenchico]

Much of this matter comes down to 'interpretation', I think.  However I do take the Guardian's point about bona vacantia funds ultimately benefitting Charles.  Here's how I see it . . .

If a private landlord is letting out properties, he'll need to hold back some of the rents he gets in order to keep those properties in good repair.  The rest is then his profit.

However Charles is receiving bona vacantia money to help keep his properties in good repair.  Therefore, even though he's not received any such funding directly, he'll end up with greater profits because he hasn't had to use rental income to pay for such repairs.

i.e. while the Duchy of Lancaster is perfectly correct in saying that no bona vacantia money is paid to Charles, the Guardian is equally correct in saying that he ultimately benefits from it anyway.

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the duchy of lancaster is also exempt from corporation and capital gains tax, natch. 

[anneasquith]

The money goes to the royal family and some people see no problem with that.

we do have a health service on its knees and the money is given to money grabbing disfunctional family . ?

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the exchequer is at least accountable to parliament regarding how it spends its money. the duchy of lancaster just seems to use it to make the king's wallet fatter. 
 

support for this situation is nothing less than boot-licking

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Buenchico 

people might be able to make applications but surely such applications are contested by the crown? i think there is a serious question of bias too considering that the judiciary serves the monarch... it is not adjudicating between equal citizens

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"we do have a health service on its knees and the money is given to money grabbing disfunctional family . ?"

Yes, and if you gave it to the health service, the piddling amount involved would be lost in the noise or used to create a few more "Equality, Diversity and Inclusion" posts. The NHS is every bit as money grabbing and disfuctional as the Royal Family is. Except that it costs a little bit more.

[New Judge]

...considering that the judiciary serves the monarch..

The judiciary represents The Crown, not the monarch.