The Times newspaper has called for a halt to the “royal gravy train” that funds the British monarchy. In an editorial it said that the “ludicrously generous funding formula” that puts millions into the pockets of the so called “royal” family should be ended.
The Times also rebutted the idea advanced by family members that the duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster are the private property of the family.
“Just like the Crown Estate,” the Times editorial stated, “the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall are national assets, not “private” ones. It is time for the government to consolidate all three into a National Estate and pay working royals simple stipends while maintaining royal infrastructure. The gravy train must end.”
The Times is described by Wikipedia as “a long time bastion of the British Establishment and Empire”.