Recently, international media headlines have been dominated by scandals in the British royal family!
On February 17 and 18, Prince Harry and "Princess" Meghan of the United Kingdom were interviewed, and they did not expect to say amazingly: "I was banned" ~ "Grounded"?
"No one cares about pregnancy" ~ "No imperial guard"
"Non-royal title" ~ "The emperor married a civilian daughter?" ”
"Skin color discrimination" ~ "Unorthodox bloodline? ”
However, careful consideration is also expected. Because of the mother's expensive mother, Prince Harry's biological mother, the famous Princess Diana, unfortunately left in a car accident in 1997. Unable to endure for 36 years, on January 8 last year, he announced his withdrawal from the royal family, and prince Harry said meaningfully about the reasons for the withdrawal: the gossip tabloids' "ruthless propaganda" caused a painful impact on Meghan, and his mother, Princess Diana, died in a car accident by avoiding paparazzi chases, "but now he is watching his wife become a victim of the same situation." Of course, the royal family is deceitful, and Prince Harry can't say too much, after all, there is nothing trivial about the royal family.
This dog blood plot seems to be familiar, is it an overseas version of the "Biography of Zhen Huan"?
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In this regard, British Prime Minister Johnson said in an interview: "I have always admired the Queen, and her role in the country and the Commonwealth, all things related to the royal family, without any comment." ”
If this matter is put aside in other countries, it will not only be said by the British prime minister, it is estimated that from the prime minister to the cabinet ministers, and even parliamentarians will take turns to accuse... This is the British "specialty".
The reason why the British government is silent, on a deeper level, stems from the fact that the royal family generates huge revenues for the treasury every year.
How profitable is the British royal family
1, land income - the queen is a large landlord
In 1760, King George III signed an agreement with the government agreeing to hand over the proceeds of royal assets to the state in exchange for the monarch's annual salary. That is to say, since George III, the royal family has leased out the land, and all the annual income has been handed over, and then exchanged for an annual fixed salary. At present, the British royal family spends more than 80 million pounds a year, half of which is to repair the palace and the other half is actually spent. However, the royal family's land can add 300 million pounds of revenue to the British treasury each year, which means that the net income is about 220 million pounds per year.
The lands of the British Crown are:
Well-known properties - Buckingham Palace, London and other urban centers of large commercial centers, office buildings, Scottish livestock farms, Balmoral estates, but also include minerals, wind power and other combination investments, in addition to England Sandringham Manor and so on.
Territorial waters – 55% of the country's beaches and its affiliated marine resources.
Overseas – 89% canadian land, 23% Australian land
Financial data of the British Royal Family
2. Tourism revenue - bring your own traffic
Everywhere in England, anything ordinary or different is different because of its relationship with the royal family. The UK generates more than £30 billion a year from tourism, of which the net income is about £7-10 billion, of which more than 60% is related to the royal family, which is much more than the previous land rent.
Moreover, every year to travel to the Uk, but the largest number of people, the most able to spend money is also the Number of Americans, the data show that in the 2019 World Tourism Revenue Rankings, the UK ranks fifth, with an income of 36.9 billion pounds, and foreign tourists visit 36.3 million times, of which the largest number is the United States.
Although the farce of the British royal family has occurred more than once, coupled with the fact that in recent years there have been many criticisms of the royal family for extravagance and waste, after World War II, in the face of the successive rise of the United States and the Soviet Union, the rise and fall of the independence movement of the original colonial nationalities, the British royal family represented by Queen Elizabeth II, has been in power for a long time, has experienced the decline and reconstruction of the empire, performed its duties internally and externally, is still deeply loved by the people, and has played a key role in maintaining the important position of the United Kingdom in the British Commonwealth and even the English-speaking world. It has become a symbol of national stability and prosperity.