Comment on What's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything?

• zloubida@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They don’t have to give money to receive it back. They just keep it, while still having tourists (cf France).

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• lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What do you think happened to the wealth of the French king?

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  • remon@ani.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Pretty sure the French King isn’t bringing in any revenue anymore.

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    • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      What do you mean?

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      • remon@ani.social ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Brand Finance, which bills itself as the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy, estimated that the royals contributed 1.77 billion pounds ($1.95bn) to the UK economy in 2017 through a combination of the Crown Estate’s revenues and indirect benefits for tourism, trade, media and the arts.

        aljazeera.com/…/how-much-does-the-british-royal-f…

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