Let me say that I've been pro-monarchy my whole life. But this support has been crumbling recently. For example when I found out that Prince Charles doesn't pay inheritance tax on the vast estate he inherits. I attach a diagram to show the inflated wealth.
Here's something I found in the Guardian
In the coming weeks, the Cost Of The Crown series will ask challenging questions of the new king. Questions about the personal enrichment of his family, and the extent to which they have profited from their public roles. Questions about the dubious origins of some of their wealth. And questions about whether the public is getting value for money for the record sums it gives over each year to fund the Windsors and their lavish lifestyle.
Buckingham Palace argues that the financial arrangements of royals should “remain private, as they would for any other individual”. But the mist that shrouds such questions comes from the confusion over what can legitimately be called the royals’ private wealth, what belongs to the British people, and what, as so often is the case, ambiguously straddles the two.
These are not easy topics for King Charles to confront. He may prefer that we were not raising them on the eve of his coronation. But we believe the time is right.
So AIBU to think that our monarchy creates more and more inequality and that we'd be better off spending our tax money on more pressing things?