The Windsor family are to take an extraordinary £138m from the British people in the current financial year, according to figures recently published. The president of Ireland does a better job for only £4m.
In an attempt to stanch falling support for the monarchy hereditary head of state Charles Windsor also disclosed at the same time the amount of tax he has paid since becoming head of state.
Windsor’s staff stated that he had paid more than £30mn in tax since September 2022.
According to the Financial Times this figure “met with scepticism from some tax experts” The monarchist newspaper quoted a tax lawyer as saying “This is not transparency”. He noted that there was no explanation of how the figure was reached. “This doesn’t look like any tax I’ve ever seen” the FT reported him as saying.
The FT referred to Charles and son Williams deferentially and absurdly as “their majesties”
It did report, however, that Labour Party politician Margaret Hodge was also unimpressed by the Windsor tax disclosures. “It looks highly questionable” she was reported to have said. She also stated that there were many “questions to be asked”. The money given to the Windsors was “massively generous”.
According to Republic , Britain’s foremost republican group, Charles Windsor claims to be “among the top 100 taxpayers – but he has refused to say what income he has, so we have no idea whether the £12.9m tax he paid last year is the correct rate or not”.
Whatever the case may be it is clear that he must have taken an enormous amount from the pockets of the people to be liable for so much tax.
Windsor’s son William was reported to have paid more than £20mb in income and capital gains tax since September 2022. He will be imposed as head of state on the death or abdication of his father.
One Windsor officially defended the Windsor take by claiming that the family exercised soft power with an “increasingly vital diplomatic role”. He seemed already to have forgotten the contribution of Windsor diplomat Andrew Wilson to the soft power of Great Britain.
The failed attempt at “transparency” comes when an Ipos opinion poll shows support for the feudal institution at a 30 year low.