Do I think the royals should enjoy tax exemptions and special rights? No.
But I am not at all for the government/the country/people who claim to be speaking for the population simply taking away the property of others, rich or not. Why? Because I do not want that precedent to be a thing. Okay, today we do it to Prince Charles. Next week it will be some other rich guy, not a royal, but extremely rich. Then still a rich guy, but on a smaller scale. Then by the time you notice, it will be your property being taken because of some bogus commie reason, like "oh, you have TOO much and others need it more".
Then again, I am not British and this is just my opinion. I don't trust people who claim they should seize assets for "the greater good". It never actually becomes the property of everyone, but someone will act like a vulture and keep it for themselves and it's all rooted in greed and envy.
Again, I don't think Charles is a brilliant human and I don't even think he deserves immeasurable riches. But to assume that if it was taken from him, it would suddenly become yours is ridiculous.
A couple hundred years ago the crown cut a deal with parliament: parliament manages and gets the income from the Windsor lands while they pay the royal family a stipend. Parliament, and the British people, get a lot more in income from those lands than they pay the royal family.
Do I think the royals should enjoy tax exemptions and special rights? No.
But I am not at all for the government/the country/people who claim to be speaking for the population simply taking away the property of others, rich or not. Why? Because I do not want that precedent to be a thing. Okay, today we do it to Prince Charles. Next week it will be some other rich guy, not a royal, but extremely rich. Then still a rich guy, but on a smaller scale. Then by the time you notice, it will be your property being taken because of some bogus commie reason, like "oh, you have TOO much and others need it more".
Then again, I am not British and this is just my opinion. I don't trust people who claim they should seize assets for "the greater good". It never actually becomes the property of everyone, but someone will act like a vulture and keep it for themselves and it's all rooted in greed and envy.
Again, I don't think Charles is a brilliant human and I don't even think he deserves immeasurable riches. But to assume that if it was taken from him, it would suddenly become yours is ridiculous.
A couple hundred years ago the crown cut a deal with parliament: parliament manages and gets the income from the Windsor lands while they pay the royal family a stipend. Parliament, and the British people, get a lot more in income from those lands than they pay the royal family.