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Originally posted by woodwardjnr
I think we should give them more money,
Originally posted by tracer7
Yes she is the queen of the commonwealth realms. which include the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
She is also the supreme governor of the church of England. and has more money than she knows what to do with.
Originally posted by Haydn_17
You do know that the Queen can dissolve any goverment she wants?? Including those of the commonwealth
Originally posted by tracer7
Yes she is the queen of the commonwealth realms. which include the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis.
She is also the supreme governor of the church of England. and has more money than she knows what to do with.
Originally posted by Redwookieaz
Man I can't believe how many people here fawn over that woman! It's insane! She's a big part of the NWO! And those of you say that the US is still part of her empire, well you're most likely correct. At least in the sense of the government of the US still being involved in their little club of thieves and murderers (NWO). But, the citizens of this country would just assume step on her as anything else. I'm with them on that. She's a joke and so are the rest of the NWO. I wouldn't give a rat toot what they have to say, I do as I please as a free man. The only laws that I follow are natural laws. You know like do onto others, etc. Get a clue people they and she are not only no better than you, they are much much worse!
[edit on 6-7-2010 by Redwookieaz]
n April, Her Majesty's private wealth was estimated to be £320million by Forbes magazine, which included a personal investment portfolio valued at £100million.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is the wealthiest crone in the world, who gives new meaning to the phrase, ``stinking rich.'' Her total wealth is divided into two parts. One is a Venetian-style fondo (trust), that is, it is inalienable and must be passed on to her heir, free from inheritance tax. The second part of her wealth consists of her private collection of castles, jewelry, and art, and a portfolio of blue chip stocks and bonds and real estate investments around the world. Her investment portfolio is estimated to be worth £3 billion.
One of the secrets to her disposable wealth is that she amassed it tax free until 1992--the Annus Horribilis, which started with the separation of Charles and Diana and ended with the fire at Windsor Castle--when she entered a memorandum of understanding to pay taxes on income, capital gains, and inheritance on this portfolio; although, the Queen can break this agreement at any time she desires.
The Queen has some 310 residences. Almost all are part of the inalienable fondo to be passed on to her heir, and most are ``grace and favor'' houses for family members and retainers, ranging from the humble to the magnificent. Included in the fondo are five castles: Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Kensington Palace (occupied by Princess Diana), and St. James Palace (occupied by Prince Charles). Two other castles, Balmoral and Sandringham, are private property, originally purchases of Queen Victoria. All these properties are maintained by the Department of the Environment (presumably because they are the habitat of an endangered species).
Queen Elizabeth recently created the Royal Collection Trust--which she heads, as will her heir--to which were transferred all the 7,000 paintings, 20,000 Old Master drawings, and various antiques acquired before Queen Victoria's reign, all part of the fondo. At the instigation of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, a chapel owned by the royal family was converted to a museum for the display of this art, a fraction at a time. As part of her private fortune, the Queen has a large collection of art works ranging from Renaissance masterpieces, such as Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, to the craziest of modern art.
The Duchy of Lancaster is also part of her fondo: The duchy is comprised of properties stolen in the 13th Century from the rebel Simon de Monfort, who tried to create a powerful Parliament and failed in 1265, only to have his land and life taken by Edmund Crouchback, youngest son of Henry III. In 1987, the Duchy of Lancaster was 36,456 acres, mainly agricultural land; within the duchy, the freehold of 2.25 acres in the Strand area of London (lying between the Savoy Hotel and Somerset House) is so valuable, that the Queen had The Duchy of Lancaster Act of 1988 steered through Parliament allowing her to develop and sell this area.
The Prince of Wales, the Heir Presumptive, Charles, came into the income of the second royal family duchy, the Duchy of Cornwall, which has 44,000 acres, including another posh section of London. Prince Charles agreed to return 50% of Cornwall's earnings to the state, which was reduced to 25% upon his marriage to Lady Diana. As for the Queen, she uses part of the income from the Duchy of Lancaster to supplement the Civil List in giving an income to her close relatives.
Originally posted by DISRAELI
Originally posted by Haydn_17
You do know that the Queen can dissolve any goverment she wants?? Including those of the commonwealth
Only in theory. Nobody since the time of King William !V has ever tried to make use of it.
This is the old traditional British compromise, that anachronisms are allowed to exist as long as they remain dormant.
(Similarly, the right of "trial by combat" was allowed to survIve into the nineteenth century. Then somebody appealed to it- and it was promptly abolished)