Today in welfare for billionaires.
"The Queen will receive a £3 million pay rise this year, as a result of laws that guarantee her taxpayer-funded income never decreases. The combined earnings of the monarch and her eldest son have more than doubled since the financial crisis of 2008"
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"Despite increasing costs, so much money has come into Buckingham Palace in recent years that its reserves have swollen to £65.8 million.
"In other words, the Queen is flush with cash."
"With her 6.6 billion acres, Elizabeth II is far and away the world's largest landowner, with the closest runner-up (King Abdullah) holding control over a mere 547 million, or about 12% of the lands owned by Her Majesty, The Queen."
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"Have you ever wondered how many properties the royal family own? It can be hard to keep track. But, from Buckingham Palace to Clarence House, the new infographic below pinpoints every royal residence in the UK, from Scotland to Ireland and England."
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"Forbes estimates the British monarchy is worth around $88 billion (roughly £72.5 billion). The Sunday Times Rich List reports that Queen Elizabeth is estimated to be personally worth £350 million."
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"some 20,000 households in England have been made homeless during the pandemic ...mass job losses and the scheduled end of the furlough scheme this autumn risk plunging thousands more into homelessness."
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"unemployed jobseekers were bussed into London to work as unpaid stewards during the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations and told to sleep under London Bridge before working on the £12m river spectacle of a 1,000 boats and the Royal family sailing by."
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Who among us has not felt the pain of losing over a hundred million dollars on our $26 billion property portfolio?
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