This is one of those carefully ambiguous fudges on which the British Constitution rests. The government agrees that the Crown Estate is the property of the Monarch & the Monarch agrees to give th… (View Post)

The Crown Estate is not the personal property of the Monarch & its management is under the control of the government. The Sovereign receives a payment out of the revenue of the Crown Estate as a … (View Post)

Current text of the memorandum is here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/208633/mou_royal_taxation.pdf Reads like a very British comprom… (View Post)

There is a “Memorandum of Understanding on Royal Taxation” issued by the Major government which explicitly exempts the Royal family from income, capital gains & inheritance taxes. As far as I can… (View Post)

Russian MOD conflict maps suggest they are pulling out of the Kharkiv oblast entirely. They’ve left so much kit behind that the Ukranians don’t know what to do with it all. Ukraine is going to have t… (View Post)