Category: Republic
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Monarchist Civil Servant Shielded Tax-Exempt Windsor – Thought The People To Be Subjects
A civil servant persuaded former Prime Minister John Major not to refer to “the priceless contribution” of queen Windsor to “the life of our nation”. He thought that the word “priceless” might seem to be a reference to Windsor’s exemption from tax on her huge unearned wealth. This happened in 1992, the fortieth anniversary of…
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Podemos Call For Spanish Republic
Podemos General Secretary Pablo Iglesias has called for the Spanish people to free their country from monarchy. Podemos is the second largest political party in Spain. Mr Iglesias made his call for a republic in El País, the second most read newspaper in that country. In his opinion piece Iglesias comments that many who reisted…
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A Dad’s Army Head of State
A new book by journalist Ben Macintyre, The Spy and the Traitor, has revealed unexpected risks to national security posed by the British monarchy. Macintyre tells how a plan to rescue a British agent from danger in Russia was put at risk because of a domestic problem in queen Windsor’s Scottish castle. Charles Powell, an…
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State Church To Leech Off The Taxpayer
The state church is to continue to own shares in Amazon even though its chief bishop has accused the company of “leeching off the taxpayer”. Justin Welby made the statement in a speech to the Trades Union Congress. However, an official Church of England statement said that it would be keeping its shares. According to…
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Gallivanting Windsors Up Their Travel Take
In the 2017-18 year £4.7m of our money was spent on gallivanting by Windsor family members. This was a £200,000 increase on the previous year. Charlie Windsor cost us the most. He made 7 trips on the railway train provided exclusively for his family’s use at a cost of £20,000 a journey. On an overseas…
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Wilful Blindness To Sex Abuse By Friend – High Office Made Worthy of Trust
Charlie Windsor, who is due to become Britain’s next head of state, claimed that “monstrous wrongs” had been done to sexual abuser Peter Ball and that “I wish I could do more” to help him. The statement was made in a letter to Ball two years after he had been cautioned by the police for…
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Arrogant Charlie Allowed To Obstruct Sex Abuse Enquiry
Charlie Windsor has refused to make a formal witness statement to an inquiry into sexual abuse by one of his friends. The statement would have included what lawyers called “a formal statement of truth” like swearing an oath. The enquiry is into a former Anglican bishop Peter Ball. Ball has admitted abusing 18 teenagers and…
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Windsor Duchy Income Reaches New High
Liz Windsor’s annual income from the Duchy of Lancaster has reached a new high of £20.18m, an increase of £1m over the previous year. Windsor is the UK’s super-rich hereditary head of state. The Duchy is a portfolio of public assets worth £534m the profits from which are paid to Windsor. The profits increased last…
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Legislator Elected By Twelve Lords A Voting.
Charles Courtenay has been elected to the British parliament. Mr Courtenay is known as the Earl of Devon under Britain’s official class system. Just 12 people voted for him. All of them are designated as “lords” under Britain’s official class hierarchy. All of them are unelected legislators. All of them come from the “cross bencher”…
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British Winds Blow and One Family Profits
The Windsor family will be given £82m next year as their 25 per cent share of the profits from the “Crown Estate”. The estate is a public portfolio of assets that include the seabed around the UK excluding Scotland. The increasing number of off-shore wind turbines has pushed the estate’s profits up and the Windsors…