Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '...
by pyuser583 on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:46PM
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King Georges stamp collection is worth 10s of millions. It’s also 100% private property.
When King George died, his stamp collection went to his widow, who kept it until her death at 102.
There’s probably personal property like that scattered throughout the family tree.
Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '...
by TheCoelacanth on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:30PM
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It's a complicated question with regards to some of their property. It's not at all complicated with the Crown Estates. That is clearly public property. Otherwise Edward VIII would have kept it when he abdicated.
Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '...
by pyuser583 on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:47PM
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Edward VIII was pressured into giving up a lot of stuff he legally should have been able to keep.
He wasn’t good at making decisions.
Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '...
by yencabulator on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:43PM
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"Legally", based on laws made law by kings of previous generations. The whole point is people asking to change the laws, democratically.
I think it's a really complicated question.
Lastly, while we're on this topic - why hasn't the US seized the wealth of the 100 most wealthy individuals unilaterally - that money would be of immense amount of benefit to the country so why do we let wealth accrue?