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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by wheelinsupial on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:04AM (#32820543)
By no means am I an expert on this, but it looks like the sovereign grant is a tax refund paid to the crown from the taxes that the Crown Estate pays.

https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-57559653.amp

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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by MagnumOpus on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @04:01AM (#32821712)
The sovereign grant is paid to the Windsor family, not the Crown.

It is important to distinguish the "Crown" (essentially the monarchy-as-government) and the queens' family and hangers-on...

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