RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoRevealed: King Charles secretly profiting from the assets of dead citizenswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1139arrow-down18cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldabolishthemonarchy@feddit.ukworld@lemmy.world
arrow-up1131arrow-down1external-linkRevealed: King Charles secretly profiting from the assets of dead citizenswww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldabolishthemonarchy@feddit.ukworld@lemmy.world
minus-squareHipsterTenZero@dormi.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down2·11 months agoIsnt that like, the entire conceit of a king?
minus-squareSomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·11 months agoThe Westminster system is supposed to separate government/crown/state funds from royal/privy purse funds. The royalty should not have the power to point at something and say ‘I declare that mine’.
minus-squareWomble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoIf you want to ignore almost a millennium of constitutional push and pull over the limits placed on a monarch, sure.
minus-squareSomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt’s good to be the king.
Isnt that like, the entire conceit of a king?
The Westminster system is supposed to separate government/crown/state funds from royal/privy purse funds.
The royalty should not have the power to point at something and say ‘I declare that mine’.
If you want to ignore almost a millennium of constitutional push and pull over the limits placed on a monarch, sure.
It’s good to be the king.