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By that logic then the current president of the USA is African, and the next one will be Scottish (or possibly German).
What till that Scottish guy finds out he is leading a country full of Native Americans!
By that logic then the current president of the USA is African, and the next one will be Scottish (or possibly German).
The problem of groundwater, drainage and a heavily built city surrounding it still exists.I thought that had been solved, i remember watching a show showing how they did it, pumping in concrete underneath i think, im no expert
Ironic that there's a German royal family on an English throne
[..] Here in Germany the cost of keeping Schwerin Castle's golden roofs glinting in the sun and otherwise maintaining has been over 200million and it aint about to finish - but then its the most beautiful castle in Germany and probably the World. [..]
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If the crown estate paid tax it wouldn't change much, the income goes to the treasury regardless. [..]
The crown estate currently gives 85% of its profit to the treasury.
If it paid tax instead, it would pay much less than 85% of its profit to the treasury.
The amount paid would reduce by at least £130 million per year.
Who is dead and has been for quite some time. The agreement he made was for himself, not binding on all his heirs forever. Subsequent monarchs, including the current one, chose and choose to give the profits from the crown estate to the treasury. They were and are entitled to keep the profits instead and pay tax on them.
No, all income from the crown estate goes to the treasury anyway. If it was liable for tax then it wouldn't change much.
in reality no, in theory she also chooses the PM, can dissolve the government and refuse to sign new bills from parliament - in reality she adheres to the results of elections and signs in new legislation as parliament wishes
She receives a sovereign grant as a result of the Sovereign Grant Act 2011, this is set at an amount equivalent to 15% of the income from the crown estate. It certainly isn't her personal property to do with as she pleases, it belongs to 'the crown' not her personally.
No it was never a defensive building at least not this one. In the middle ages there was a defensive building on the island. This building was built as a palace designed by Georg Adolph Demmler in the 19th century prior to this the family had largely been living at Ludwigslust - a palace that has had many millions spent on its restoration - which is ongoing. In the grounds of which is a Swiss Chalet rather in the style of the Osborne House Chalet on the Isle of Wight which was visited by the family in their yacht particularly for Cowes Week. Mecklenburg is now very popular with tourists particularly them as what likes messing about in boats of every which sort . In the summer dragon races ( the Chinese type ones) are held on the lake by the Palace- I have just put my boats away for the winter - still there is ice sailing if the lakes freeze suitably. Oh also check out the Redefin Stud which was rebuilt around 1800 -again subsidized with millionsThat is a remarkably beautiful building. From some angles I think it's in the same league as the Taj Mahal. It's not a castle, though. It's a palace. From my quick look at the history there used to be a castle there, but the current building isn't a castle. That's not a defensive building.
By choice. It does not belong to the treasury. If it was liable for tax then only the tax would go to the treasury. Which would be a significant reduction, i.e. a significant change. "The crown" is a legal concept similar to a corporation. The owner of it is the monarch. It's essentially the monarch wearing different hats. Same person, different legal entities. The queen is half a dozen different legal entities.
True, but not directly relevant to her choice to give income from the crown estates (a legal entity that she is legally the sole member of) to the treasury.
The crown estate doesn't belong to the queen personally, but it does belong to the monarch of the UK. Different hats, same person. Legally speaking, she's entitled to the income from it (less tax) because it belongs to a legal entity of which she is the sole member ("the crown").
the Queen is entitled to a sovereign grant equivalent to 15% of this.
I love the fact the UK has a royal family.
Which affects me how?
so does the rest of the world that come here to see them. 369 million over 10 yeas to sort out one of the most iconic and historical buildings in the lands to ensure that it doesn't get razed to the ground by a dodgy electrical fault is a relatively small price to pay.