News from the Centre for Citizenship
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Windsor Money Grab Failed
Britain’s super-rich hereditary head of state, Elizabeth Windsor, tried to grab money intended for community heating schemes to keep her own homes warm, according to a report in the Independent. Embed from Getty Images Queen Windsor and husband Philip stand in front of Buckingham Palace fireplace Documents made public through freedom of information law have…
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May Sabotages Lords Reform
Loads Dice in Favour of Conservatives Proposals for the reform of the second chamber of parliament, composed of “lords” and bishops, have been threatened with sabotage shortly after being announced. Embed from Getty Images Head of State Church Sitting in House of Lords In November of 2017 a committee of lordly legislators recommended a large…
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Under Half Have Positive Opinion of Britain’s Next Head of State – But They Will Have No Choice
A Yougov opinion poll shows falling support for Charlie Windsor and his wife Camilla. Charlie is due to become head of state when his mother dies or resigns as queen. Only 47% had a positive opinion of Charlie, two points below Meghan Markle, the bride to be of his son Henry. 43% of those who…
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3.5 Million Cancel TV Licence
A Freedom of Information Act disclosure has revealed that 3.5m people have have cancelled their licence to watch television since 2013. However, the BBC claims that despite these cancellations more people than ever have paid for its permission to watch TV. Embed from Getty Images Tony Hall, lord of the BBC It is not clear…
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State Church Chief Insults Secular
Justine Welby, the head of the state Anglican Church, has made an extraordinarily insulting criticism of citizens who do not have religious beliefs and the two-thirds of schools that have no religious affiliation.. In a speech in Parliament, to which he has never been elected, Welby claimed that “any personal sense of ultimate values” is…
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Confirmed: Windsor Lobbied for Favoured Company
As a result of pressure from the Guardian newspaper it has been confirmed that Charlie Windsor did use his “royal” status to pressure the Scottish government into signing a contract with Teach First, a company of which he was a patron. Windsor personally lobbied First Minister Alex Salmond in June 2013. The Teach First company…
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Windsor Wedding Celebration Could Damage Economy
The marriage of Henry Windsor (aka “Prince Harry”) is unlikely to help the precarious British economy and may harm it if there is an extra public holiday, according to the Financial Times. Embed from Getty Images Henry Windsor The newspaper reported that an Office for National Statistics analysis of the economic effects of the monarchists’…
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Charlie Caught In Conflict of Interest
Charlie Windsor, who is to be imposed as Britain’s next head of state, has been caught in a serious financial conflict of interest according to news media reports. Embed from Getty Images Charlie visits Padstow on annual tour of Cornwall The “Paradise Papers” have revealed that in 2007 the Duchy of Cornwall secretly bought £86,000…
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Queen Windsor’s Tax Haven Investments
The so-called “Paradise Papers” have revealed that Britain’s feudal head of state has invested in funds based in the tax havens of Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. Embed from Getty Images The £10m in investment were small measured against the great wealth of the Windsors. However, one investment was in rent-to-own company Brighthouse. According to…
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The Private Estate is Hocus Pocus
A strange aspect of the revelation that the Duchy of Lancaster has invested £10m in funds based in tax havens was the use by the news media of “private estate” to describe duchy’s relationship to queen Windsor. Embed from Getty Images Queen Windsor visiting her “private estate.” A “duchy” certainly does not sound like a…