Google| Subject | Re: Queen mother (of england) has died |
| From | Jette Goldie |
| Date | 2002-04-03 19:07 (2002-04-03 19:07) |
| Message-ID | <WEGq8.2910$Nc3.18249762@news-text.cableinet.net> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | AC |
"AC" <spam@nospam.com>wrote in message news:3caa5bac.707031@news2.randori.com...
ACOoh, ooh! Wouldn't that create a "precedent" for seizing anyone's lands and estates that the government felt owned "too much"?
On Wed, 03 Apr 2002 01:26:40 GMT, paulh <paulh@fahncahn.com>wrote:paulhAC
What claim on the public purse do the lesser heriditary leeches have? Nothing these days as far as I am aware.
Indeed, the Civil List has shrunken a huge amount since the end of the Second World War. The Queen pays taxes on her sizable income.
I've often wondered what the republicans in Great Britain would do if they did manage to gain power and turn the United Kingdom into a republic. Beyond the extraordinarily complex task of remaking the organic laws of the country, there is the issue of what to do with the lands of the former royals such as the Queen and Prince Charles. As I see it, they can either nationalize (read steal) these peoples' legally rightful estates, or they would have to compensate them.
-- Jette (works in the Land Registry) (aka Vinyaduriel) "Work for Peace and remain fiercely loving" - Jim Byrnes jette@blueyonder.co.uk http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/fanfic.html
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