The Company We Keep

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Britain’s feudal head of state Elizabeth Windsor is the 12th richest hereditary ruler in the world according to Forbes magazine. Windsor’s £349m net worth is exceeded by the so-called “royal” rulers of Thailand, the United Arab Emirates/Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Brunei, Liechtenstein, Qatar, Morocco, Monaco, Oman

Of the 14 countries with wealthy monarchs with which Britain keeps company, 7 are rated as “unfree” by Freedom House, and 3 as “partly free”. The “free” countries are all in Europe.


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