Private Eye on William

[ItsTheSeasonOfTheStick]

I found this quite entertaining

When I was a child my parents knew a a lot of people who shot. During the seasons people used to leave birds on our doorstep and run away. It’s courgettes from friends with allotments these days…..

Or the content of royal wills and how those fortunes are distributed. The tax man also doesn’t have the same level of scrutiny on wealth as the few taxes paid on income are “voluntary”. The beneficial tax status for many royal businesses has enabled them to outcompete businesses which have to pay regular taxes and become more profitable.

Most of the current royal wealth has been built by making full use of a century of tax exemption not available to mere mortals. In the time of Victoria they were not exceptionally wealthy.

Same here! We always had pheasents hanging in the garage. My Dad once got sacked as a beater because he was sniggering at the toffs!

Exactly. We don't really know very much, it's all rumour and "sources".

I'm all for greater clarity going forward. But at this point in time it fascinates me that Private Eye have chosen to focus on William instead of pushing for Andrew to give evidence to the police or get removed from Royal Lodge.

I didn’t read the comment that way, more like he’s only there to sleep ?

I’m a 60 something woman. I like to sleep too. Did your jaw just hit the floor again, Is this “turdish” also?

It’s not an equivalent. It’s quite different protecting species in the wild to shooting pheasants bred for shooting.

I dislike it (which makes me a hypocrite for eating meat tbf!) but the two are not the same.

You’re welcome. I don’t have any desire to educate you. That’s not what MN is for either 🙄

Of course it’s the press that drives this.

And by sheer dint of being human beings, there’s inevitably things about them that are relatable to the masses!

My opinion is, you don’t know. Nobody does.

It’s a method of culling. Population control.

Do you see Anne and Edward as “annoying hangers on’? I think they contribute hugely to the Firm!

💯 this!

I couldn’t actually care less . None of it has the slightest impact on my life. I don’t understand the ‘obsession’!

Do you have intimate knowledge of the finances of any billionaire?

Don’t breed them then you don’t need to cull them!

In what way?

Are we talking stags or royals here? 🤣

The majority of billionaires aren't a head of state and accountable to their subjects.

Hopefully you can see the difference.

It matters not whether you care or not about how their finances are run, thankfully a large proportion of the tax paying public do and are pushing for transparency. Its what happens in a democratic society.

The days of unquestionable Royal deference are rapidly eroding.

I know how much elite private schools have as holidays

Please read my last three words
just my opinion. So there is no need to tell me I don't know

It's MY opinion as to how it all might pan out
Other opinions are always welcome here, it makes a discussion more interesting

I think they mate in the wild? They don’t bloody breed them! I presume it’s something comparable with dairy farmers not keeping many bulls, or a sheep farmer having a number of rams proportionate to the number of ewes?

They fight. Much worse death than being shot!

I wasn’t talking about private school holidays. A lot of people know that!

In what way do you think?!

The rest was Just My Opinion.

Sure.

They simply cannot have it both ways. They either benefit massively from public funds and turn themselves over for consumption and work a reasonable amount, like the Queen.

Or they do less but also receive less and fund their own lifestyles and palaces or turn them over to the nation. Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace and Windsor Castle shouldn’t be in the families hands.

Either way, they won’t go wanting - they are a privately wealthy family.