The British people just gave a $55 million gift to an independently wealthy bride and her Royal Groom a tax-funded wedding--taxes paid by working people. But What has the Royal Family given us? Spoilers, it’s way worse than you think.
Mark Stallard peels back the history to reveal the real legacy of the “British” Royal Family.
-- sources and related reading and videos --
”What Have The Romans... - Monty Python's Life of Brian”
£32 million - estimated cost of the Royal Wedding, including £30 million spent on security -- https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a20720644/meghan-markle-prince-harry-royal-wedding-cost/
Sovereign Grant = £76m in 2017-18, with the increase difference earmarked for refurbishing Buckingham Palace. £350m including security costs per year -- Private income, of about £20m for at least 2 estates https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/royal-wedding-family-how-much-uk-economy-benefits-cost-meghan-markle-expense-a8345436.html
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor in 1917 because of anti-German sentiment during World War I -- Windsor came from the name of the town of Windsor and Windsor Castle -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Windsor
“The royal descendants of Victoria (Queen of the United Kingdom) and of Christian IX (King of Denmark) currently occupy the thrones of Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. At the outbreak of the First World War their grandchildren occupied the thrones of Denmark, Greece, Norway, Germany, Romania, Russia, Spain and the United Kingdom. For this, Queen Victoria was nicknamed "the grandmother of Europe" while King Christian IX was nicknamed "Father-in-law of Europe". Of the remaining kingdoms of Europe today, only Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands descends neither from Queen Victoria nor King Christian IX.[1]”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_descendants_of_Queen_Victoria_and_King_Christian_IX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/05/powers-queen-england-actually/
https://dose.com/articles/does-the-queen-of-england-have-any-real-power/
