David Conn: The British kings and queens who supported and profited from #slavery: From Elizabeth I to William IV, over a period of 270 years monarchs had links to the slave trade

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/06/the-british-kings-and-queens-who-supported-and-profited-from-slavery

Felicity Lawrence & Rob Evans: Who owns and profits from the duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall? – timeline

"The duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall are two vast property empires that generate private income for the monarch and the monarch’s male heir respectively.

The Guardian has revealed how the money drawn from them by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles soared in recent decades: the pair have extracted the equivalent in today’s money of £1.2bn from the estates over the last 70 years."

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/05/who-owns-and-profits-from-the-duchies-of-lancaster-and-cornwall-timeline

David Pegg & Paul Lewis: How the British royal family hides its wealth from public scrutiny: Ahead of the coronation of King Charles III, the Guardian’s Cost of the crown series exposes the entrenched secrecy around the royal family’s money and wealth

"Nowhere is the refusal to let the light in more fiercely enforced by the royals than over financial matters. The wills of even obscure members of the family are censored by judicial decree. The royals closely guard the secrets of their financial wealth, insisting it is 'private' even when it is clearly born of their public roles."

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/05/how-the-british-royal-family-hides-its-wealth-from-public-scrutiny