Berberis Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I was doing my usual of trying to put my mind onto something else while doing some house work today and a thought crossed my mind. While wiping the bathrooms taps and thinking to myself, I wonder if the Queen has ever cleaned a tap I quickly started thinking about why the Royal Family is so rich. Then it occurred to me they have no reason to horde such a massive wealth. Especially those on the civil list considering the UK tax payer is paying them to do very little. One that stands out is Price Charles who appears to have commercial interests as well as their Royal Family duties. Why does the Royal Family need to be so rich? and why do we not use their resources to help the country in its time of need? From what I can understand, and this is no mean feet coming from a staunchly Royalist family, the Royal family could easily go about their duties on less then a 10th of their income. They can stay as head of state but could easily cost us less and give up some of their, or should I say, our assets for the good of the country. In a time when we are all asked to do our bit and bare the burden of the many cuts to services, what is the royal family doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 They did give up large chunks of their assets, in exchange for being given a Civil List income in the first place. There are vastly richer families in the country than the Windsors. I'm not sure why everybody always picks on the same family as being unfairly rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofstrad Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 They will be the first on my list to be electronically tagged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaimani Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 no family deserves to be that rich. royal or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Serapis even if you're not a millionaire you are probably wealthier than about 95% of the world's population. When are you going to send your excessive wealth off to the impoverished people of the third world? If you kept, say, £10 a week for your own use you would still have far more than the majority of the world's population. Set an example! - Maybe the Queen will follow suit. - But you do it first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofstrad Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 no family deserves to be that rich. royal or not. Even if a family has worked every hour to earn such wealth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dell12 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Personally I've never understood the attraction of being 'super rich'! Sure you need a decent level of income to put a room over your head, clothe and feed yourself but above and beyond that wouldn't make a difference to me. However I can see that some people may like a few luxuries such as a big house, second home or a boat for example which could be bought for £3m if they are so inclined. I just don't see the advantage of having £3bn over £30m? In either case you can buy pretty much what you want and never have to work again. Is it a question of status? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaimani Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Even if a family has worked every hour to earn such wealth? no one works enough to earn that 'super rich' money without doing things that mean they don't 'deserve' to be that rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofstrad Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Personally I've never understood the attraction of being 'super rich'! Sure you need a decent level of income to put a room over your head, clothe and feed yourself but above and beyond that wouldn't make a difference to me. However I can see that some people may like a few luxuries such as a big house, second home or a boat for example which could be bought for £3m if they are so inclined. I just don't see the advantage of having £3bn over £30m? In either case you can buy pretty much what you want and never have to work again. Is it a question of status? Not much point in trying to explain it to you then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manofstrad Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 no one works enough to earn that 'super rich' money without doing things that mean they don't 'deserve' to be that rich. Rubbish.....Explain your reasoning please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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