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Live in NW of England.......get your will sorted.....

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Or Charlie boy will nab it...
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/23/revealed-king-charles-secretly-profiting-from-the-assets-of-dead-citizens

Using a medieval custom to assume the estate of those dying without a will or known relatives, often spending their last years in squalid conditions and using it to renovate upmarket rentals fit for a king for profit. Yep, all sounds perfectly reasonable in 2023.


 
Posted : 23/11/2023 7:05 pm
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If only we could turn over such wealth to a democratically elected government to distribute amongst the people… oh wait they’re shit too.


 
Posted : 23/11/2023 7:48 pm
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If Only we could abolish kings and the aristocracy.

Guillotine optional.


 
Posted : 23/11/2023 8:13 pm
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I'm not even shocked.

+1 on this should go direct to local spending, either public purse or charity.


 
Posted : 23/11/2023 8:21 pm
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Remember how Brenda tried to get a fund that provides help for oaps to heat old buildings to heat her palaces? 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/queen-tried-to-use-state-poverty-fund-to-heat-buckingham-palace-2088179.html


 
Posted : 24/11/2023 8:08 am
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Also applies in Cornwall, IIRC.

More generally, your estate goes to the Crown (but not for the benefit of the Royals) if you die without a will or potential beneficiaries.

So, if that could be you - make a will.


 
Posted : 24/11/2023 8:16 am
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This just disgusts me. What a bloody stupid country we live in.


 
Posted : 24/11/2023 8:22 am
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Oooooof

During the second world war, the then king, George VI, reportedly benefited from the deaths of soldiers and airmen who were killed – the income from bona vacantia rose sharply during the war years


 
Posted : 24/11/2023 8:24 am
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While there are obviously better ways that the money could be spent calling it a "secret" is just lazy, Daily Mail style dog-whistle journalism - it's freely available information on many websites including the Duchy Of Lancaster one.


 
Posted : 24/11/2023 8:27 am
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just lazy, Daily Mail style dog-whistle journalism

How? What's being suggested to imply something else?


 
Posted : 24/11/2023 9:00 am
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it’s freely available information on many websites including the Duchy Of Lancaster one.

What the article is saying is the duchy is being extremely misleading about what the money is spent on as opposed to whether it exists.
If you look at the website it says the money goes to various charities.
The guardian notes this charity "The Duchy of Lancaster Jubilee Trust – established in 2001 to support the maintenance and preservation for the public benefit of heritage assets across the Duchy estates" use of funds is just a slush fund for supporting the commercial businesses.


 
Posted : 24/11/2023 9:06 am
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