Am I the only one who didn't know this

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg4l1lzv2nro

Know what?

What's your opinion on it OP? Do you want feedback on your writing style or a discussion or what??

Did you miss the documentary, the many articles at the time, the numerous threads on here specifically about it, and the numerous times it’s brought up in other threads on the royal boards?

If so, then yes, you might be the only one who didn’t know this.

Probably

It has been discussed here on several occasions.

As I understand it, the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall are required by law to charge commercial rents. They cannot legally waive these rents (for charities, for example).

Is this thread an attempt at diversion from the twerking twerps 🤔

Yes indeed, as directed by an Act of Parliament.

A poster called Serenster has posted extensively about this on a number of threads, OP.

Oh well, never mind.

Harry and Megan living their best life isn’t remotely comparable to the greed of the crown.

So what if it is? What has how they are dancing got to do with anything whatsoever? People should be more concerned with the grasping royal family, who do nothing but feather their own nest, whilst throwing the plebs, the occasional crumbs, as, and when they see fit.

But this has nothing to do with them grasping and everything to do with them being legally obliged to charge commercial rent. And it has been discussed at length on here both recently and several times previously. So why has it suddenly popped up again? And I don’t care how the Sussexes are dancing. I just wonder why they posted it to social media to celebrate their daughter’s birthday. But there is a whole thread about that too 😊

From the replies, I’m going with a big yes!

Lots of comment and several threads about it OP including one started when this disgrace was first brought to light by diligent journalists.

What you will find is that no-one seems able to explain why the poor things having had this ill-gotten dosh forced on them are unable to return it whence it came even though it has become part of their private income to be disposed of as they will.

As an aside I quite liked the twerker and the tool in a watching-behind-a-cushion-guffawing kind of way.

I can't be the only one hoping an equally crass sequel isn't too far away.

Yes

Oh is this the latest addition to The Script?

I’ll add it in.

<Writes cursively, ‘The Royals are grasping lazy sponging thieving pleb-hating baddies who don’t care about charidees as much as Harry who has lovingly cared for African Parks and Sentebale, oh no nothing to see or look into there and the Invictus accounts are all fine and Birmingham will only cost six shillings and sixpence to the local taxpayers honest guv>

Surely not 😁

TBF it's pretty easy to find all of them appalling albeit in different ways.

If we're talking Harold I'd quite like to know why enticing Invictus to the UK has cost us £26m to date (where did it go and why are we still still counting?) Whether Sentebale ever received the promised funds from 'Spare' ( although I think this might in a unicorn moment might actually be the case), whether the elephants ever got the voiceover fee from Rachel and what Invictus expense accounts really show,

If we're talking royals generally gloves-off scrutiny and forensic accountability in Parliament might be somewhere to start.

Couldn’t really agree with you more @CathyorClaire almost want to stand up and clap! 👏🏼
It’s my understanding that many pledges have not been fulfilled by the Sussexes but “look what’s over here!”. Distraction, deflection and denial. The lack of critical thinking is astonishing.

I’m waiting for the thread entitled “all the attention on twerking what about Andrew/Prince Philip/The Late Queen was a Nazi/The Queen Mother danced with naked black men/Camilla hates black people threads (delete as applicable on the whataboutery we have had these past 24 hours)

Hahaha omg the ironf of you asking why is this popping up again when you and others continually bring up stuff that has been recioisly discussed ad nauseum about H&M but somehow thats okay to do that but not okay if it concerns William and or Charles.

And people can post whatever the hell they like on their socials when they want to. 🙄 you don't need to understand why.

Don’t we know it.

'And people can post whatever the hell they like on their socials when they want to. 🙄 you don't need to understand why.'

They sure can. And people can comment on what they post in the public domain.

😂😂😂 now some of that sounds verrrry interesting !

It was the timing of this popping up again when it was literally being discussed a few days ago that made me wonder. No ironf (sic) at all 😊

It can only be a matter of time before Sir Keir will need to make an emergency statement in the Commons such is the existential hooror of this transatlantic horror. Pearls must be clutched !

I think we all know this is gossip !