The British Royal Family - news, views, clothes & shoes! #7

[floridagrrl]

I adore William and Harry. What they were born into and endured was something almost no one can know, yet the whole world shared.

They bring a very special and unique knowledge as to how circumstances can change one forever. And, it’s something that everyone can relate to in their own personal history and circumstances.

This is where the power is... imo.

APPLAUD APPLAUD APPLAUD

Comment of the day

Well, er, I’m a little late so comment of the yesterday haha

Very well said!

 

[JDG]

Well, I stand corrected. Then they will love her for taking them into a new dimension and all her rich Hollywood friends. It's a win ...win.

Sorry, was def. not correcting you! I agree with you re: influencers and her being in the Hollywood set, etc
BUT one has to acknowledge that the RF has their own 'version' of making money, filling their coffers etc.

Its just not on Instagram, yet. Perhaps next week.

The Queen keeps it on the 'down low' but is fine with Peters' 'eventing' and all the other shenanigans.

I just think if we're going to question the Markles, all of them, then we need to know what the RF are like.

Other than the amounts of money and the class division, I think to some extent, they all do/think/say similar 'stuff'.

Please do not see the RF as squeaky clean, moral people. Remember where kings, queens etc got their riches, whom they raped, pillaged and stole from to get where they are. It was not a walk in the park, it was how life was centuries ago and this family are still keeping the 'show' going. Its to their benefit to keep us mesmerized, very much so.

In reality, they are very ordinary people, living very extraordinary lives on the backs of the taxpayers.

I certainly didnt mean to offend you or your post.

 

[human]

Once you accept that the RF do not live in the real world, but a world where costs are insignificant (they have others pay, always), its easy to see why a few thousand for a few days is negligible.

Remember, they have no idea of how the average or above/below average earner really lives. None, nada, less than zero.

ETA: and they don't care if we can manage or not, so long as they get money from the government and don't have to pay much in tax. The Queen and Charles pay a small amount, isn't that ridiculous?? She is worth nearly 400Million pounds!!! or $700Million US

Rich people in the US don’t pay much either. They trade with other. A lawyer will work for a school to get free tuition, for instance. Yes, it is reportable as income, but whose looking? No one.

Their buddies do the same so they aren’t blabbing. We don’t hang around with them, so they are home free

 

[Simply Southern]

Sorry, was def. not correcting you! I agree with you re: influencers and her being in the Hollywood set, etc
BUT one has to acknowledge that the RF has their own 'version' of making money, filling their coffers etc.

Its just not on Instagram, yet. Perhaps next week.

The Queen keeps it on the 'down low' but is fine with Peters' 'eventing' and all the other shenanigans.

I just think if we're going to question the Markles, all of them, then we need to know what the RF are like.

Other than the amounts of money and the class division, I think to some extent, they all do/think/say similar 'stuff'.

Please do not see the RF as squeaky clean, moral people. Remember where kings, queens etc got their riches, whom they raped, pillaged and stole from to get where they are. It was not a walk in the park, it was how life was centuries ago and this family are still keeping the 'show' going. Its to their benefit to keep us mesmerized, very much so.

In reality, they are very ordinary people, living very extraordinary lives on the backs of the taxpayers.

I certainly didnt mean to offend you or your post.

Oh, I was certainly not offended, I was being a smart a**. LOL

I'm from the south. We have old money, new money, and no money.

 

[human]

I was very surprised when I was in England to see Charles was selling farm products.

I figured his name was on it, but actually the villagers made the products and receive the money?

Not so? If not, that is pathetic

 

[Keine Engel]

The RF won't mind at all. They are all about making money for themselves and always have been.
Charles sells food through his Duchy farm stores, he has people selling 'gifts' that he does not want, he has someone sell 'time' with him.

**The Queen LOVES riches, jewels and money.**

They get a % of whatever they've earned from their 'Royal Duties' to cover expenditure for carrying out 'Royal Duties'

**Who doesn't?**
Seriously it's not like she's out on shopping sprees splashing out ££'s extravagantly on this stuff!
Really it's all just hand-me-downs - paid for or gifts received many moons (& generations) ago.

Once you accept that the RF do not live in the real world, but a world where costs are insignificant (they have others pay, always)..
ETA: and they don't care if we can manage or not, so long as they get money from the government and don't have to pay much in tax. The Queen and Charles pay a small amount, isn't that ridiculous?? She is worth nearly 400Million pounds!!! or $700Million US

Whooa...
Where y'all get this stuff from? lol

That money 'from the government' is called the Sovereign Grant, it's basically to cover the *companys* operating costs.
They receive 15% of the income from the *Crown Estate* for the previous financial year.
So they don't get it if they haven't earned it!
"a percentage of the annual profits of the Crown Estate which is intended to meet the costs of the sovereign's official expenditures. This includes the costs of the upkeep of the various royal residences, staffing, travel and state visits, public engagements, and official entertainment."

Any other income from personal interests (ie.the Queen's Stud/horses etc) THEY PAY THE SAME TAX AS THE REST OF US

Finances of the British royal family - Wikipedia

 

[Keine Engel]

I figured his name was on it, but actually the villagers made the products and receive the money?

Not so? If not, that is pathetic

NO !!! LEAVE CHARLIE ALONE
This needs to stop right now He is absolutly hands on

The farmer formally known as Prince​

"They said he was mad... but Prince Charles's Highgrove estate has become a shining role model for the organic movement, not only for the quality of its produce but for its sound housekeeping."

The farm epitomises Prince Charles's belief of working with organic methods:

"In farming, as in gardening, I happen to believe that if you treat the land with love and respect (in particular, respect for the idea that it has an almost living soul, bound up in the mysterious, everlasting cycles of nature) then it will repay you in kind."

— Charles, Prince of Wales,

All profits from Charles companies are used to fund The Prince's Foundation &
The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund

Duchy Originals Limited and Waitrose Duchy Organic
HRH The Prince of Wales launched Duchy Originals Limited in 1992 with its first product - a biscuit made from wheat and oats grown organically on the Home Farm at Highgrove. Since then, the range has grown to include more than 300 products, from everyday vegetables and milk to noteworthy ales and biscuits...
The Partnership aims to encourage British organic farming, thereby helping to preserve our heritage in the countryside. Sales of Waitrose Duchy Organic products provide a donation to PWCF and The Prince's Countryside Fund.
Over £17 million has been donated to PWCF...

Highgrove Enterprises
The company manages the Highgrove shops which are currently located at Highgrove House and Tetbury as well as the online shop and garden tours to The Prince of Wales’s Highgrove Estate in Gloucestershire.

The shops sell organic foods and exclusive branded products for the home and garden... All products meet rigorous buying criteria and are sourced responsibly with regard to environmental issues.

Profits from the Highgrove shops and tours of Highgrove gardens are donated to The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation trading as The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund (PWCF).

Duchy Originals Limited and AG Carrick Limited donate their profits to the Charitable Fund, providing the income needed for charitable giving.

The Duchy Future Farming Programme
The network is part of the Duchy Future Farming Programme and is funded by the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund through sales of Duchy Organic products

This is only a small selection as examples of his charitable foundation work
Duchy Home Farm - Wikipedia
How we are funded - The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund
The farmer formally known as Prince

 

[Sherwood Park]

NO !!! LEAVE CHARLIE ALONE
This needs to stop right now He is absolutly hands on

The farmer formally known as Prince​

"They said he was mad... but Prince Charles's Highgrove estate has become a shining role model for the organic movement, not only for the quality of its produce but for its sound housekeeping."

The farm epitomises Prince Charles's belief of working with organic methods:

"In farming, as in gardening, I happen to believe that if you treat the land with love and respect (in particular, respect for the idea that it has an almost living soul, bound up in the mysterious, everlasting cycles of nature) then it will repay you in kind."

— Charles, Prince of Wales,

All profits from Charles companies are used to fund The Prince's Foundation &
The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund

Duchy Originals Limited and Waitrose Duchy Organic
HRH The Prince of Wales launched Duchy Originals Limited in 1992 with its first product - a biscuit made from wheat and oats grown organically on the Home Farm at Highgrove. Since then, the range has grown to include more than 300 products, from everyday vegetables and milk to noteworthy ales and biscuits...
The Partnership aims to encourage British organic farming, thereby helping to preserve our heritage in the countryside. Sales of Waitrose Duchy Organic products provide a donation to PWCF and The Prince's Countryside Fund.
Over £17 million has been donated to PWCF...

Highgrove Enterprises
The company manages the Highgrove shops which are currently located at Highgrove House and Tetbury as well as the online shop and garden tours to The Prince of Wales’s Highgrove Estate in Gloucestershire.

The shops sell organic foods and exclusive branded products for the home and garden... All products meet rigorous buying criteria and are sourced responsibly with regard to environmental issues.

Profits from the Highgrove shops and tours of Highgrove gardens are donated to The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation trading as The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund (PWCF).

Duchy Originals Limited and AG Carrick Limited donate their profits to the Charitable Fund, providing the income needed for charitable giving.

The Duchy Future Farming Programme
The network is part of the Duchy Future Farming Programme and is funded by the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund through sales of Duchy Organic products

This is only a small selection as examples of his charitable foundation work
Duchy Home Farm - Wikipedia
How we are funded - The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund
The farmer formally known as Prince

Thanks for sharing this Keine.
I bought some of the Duchy fruit spreads during Christmas and people kept saying negative things. But I assured people I am not buying these items to "put money into Prince Charles pocket".
I live in Canada so I am limited in what I can purchase, but I'd rather buy organic and have some of it go to a decent project and cause rather than put my money into big brands who create fruit spreads that don't actually have any real fruit in it.

 

[enelram]

I think Meghan is running the instagram account herself instead of letting the pr staff do it.

I wonder how this 'sussexroyal' ig account is structured for business purposes. And it is a business, for sure.
Does MM own it or does the RF own it?
If MM and P Harry split, who would own the rights to it?
Maybe MM is trying to set herself up for the future, since she did
give up her career for her marriage into the RF. Maybe she
realizes, now that she's on the inside of RF, that she needs to
protect herself so as not to be dependent and destitute (like SF).

 

[Gardenista]

Prince Harry arrives at Oxford Children's Hospital - and is presented with a teddy for baby Archie | Daily Mail Online

 

[Keine Engel]

Yeah it not only raising funds for the charitable causes he believes in, the way it's used - invest help improve British Farming & support rural communities, conservation, wildlife ...

"In addition to working closely with organisations, such as The Soil Association, The Sustainable Food Trust, Garden Organic and The Organic Research Centre, Home Farm supports education and research...
As Patron of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust, The Duke is keen for Home Farm to play an active role in helping to preserve the gene pool of British pigs, sheep and cattle.
Home Farm features animals including Tamworth pigs, Irish Moiled, Gloucester, Shetland and British White cattle, as well as Hebridean and Shropshire sheep. These rare breeds are highly prized by The Duke for the quality of their produce and natural affinity with the British farming landscape."

It also invests hugely in research & development toward practical ways of achieving a global eco-friendly environment.
The overall estates' proficiency has shown it's possible & achieving a 'sustainable farming practice' successfully, gaining international recognition promoting new ideas looking to the future.

"The gardens and land surrounding Highgrove have been managed in accordance with the organic and sustainable principles that His Royal Highness has long championed. The magnificent gardens have become one of the most inspirational gardens of today..
All profits made by Highgrove from the sale of garden tours, events and products are donated to The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation, a grant-making trust that aims to transform lives and build sustainable communities by supporting a wide range of causes, from culture and heritage, to young people and education."
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[Keine Engel]

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And just for you @Sherwood Park
Let it be known to whoever,^^
your support helped 'decent projects' organically home-grown right there in Canada!

"In Canada the proceeds from sales of Duchy Originals products are donated to the charities associated with The Prince's Charities Canada. By 2012 more than one million Canadian dollars were being raised annually"

Phew

Links
Home | Prince of Wales
The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund
Home - The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund
Duchy Home Farm - Wikipedia
Duchy Home Farm - Wikipedia

Renewable Energy | The Duchy of Cornwall
Renewable Energy | The Duchy of Cornwall

Highgrove Royal Gardens
Highgrove Royal Gardens

 

[JDG]

They get a % of whatever they've earned from their 'Royal Duties' to cover expenditure for carrying out 'Royal Duties'

**Who doesn't?**
Seriously it's not like she's out on shopping sprees splashing out ££'s extravagantly on this stuff!
Really it's all just hand-me-downs - paid for or gifts received many moons (& generations) ago.

Whooa...
Where y'all get this stuff from? lol

That money 'from the government' is called the Sovereign Grant, it's basically to cover the *companys* operating costs.
They receive 15% of the income from the *Crown Estate* for the previous financial year.
So they don't get it if they haven't earned it!
"a percentage of the annual profits of the Crown Estate which is intended to meet the costs of the sovereign's official expenditures. This includes the costs of the upkeep of the various royal residences, staffing, travel and state visits, public engagements, and official entertainment."

Any other income from personal interests (ie.the Queen's Stud/horses etc) THEY PAY THE SAME TAX AS THE REST OF US

Finances of the British royal family - Wikipedia

With all due respect, I don't think Wiki is a very reliable source for information of any sort. Anyone can edit the contents, show any biases and a fair bit of the information is incorrect about all subjects.

I used the phrase 'from the government' so that everyone would understand the source of the monies, not everyone on WS is British. Crown Estate etc wouldnt necessarily be known.

My sources are public knowledge, easily found with google.

The RF are not terribly forthcoming about the amount of riches they have, the Queen and Charles willingly pay a smaller amount on taxes than the average working person. This is to appease the public, nothing more.

When the Queen Mother passed away, the RF paid NO inheritance taxes on her 70,000,000 pound estate.
An average family would be taxed at 40% for inheritance tax if the estate was over 250,000 pounds.

Quite the savings for a very wealthy family.

The Queen has money invested in off-shore accounts, it matters not that she is the Queen of said locales, as its simply a method of tax avoidance. It was top secret until the papers were released, against the wishes of the RF.

Whatever pittance the Queen willingly pays in taxation is nothing compared to the monies they receive from the Crown Estates.

The Queen has also applied for a heating subsidy from the government, until she was informed it was for people who could not afford heat in winter, the elderly and the poor. Some was set aside for hospitals, councils etc.

As for the taxpayers 'fixing up Buck House', when she has $700,000 Million (that we do know about), perhaps she could do *some* or all of the repairs herself. After all, it is her family who benefits, not you and I.

The RF have a slew of accountants who do a great job of concealing the true wealth of the family and shuffling assets into 'charities'. One needs to understand that charities can make a lot of money for the owners of said charity. I believe only 5% of monies need to go to the actual charity, the other 95% is gravy.

The RF are the originators of the phrase, 'I am entitled to my entitlements!!' IMO

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Prince William and Kate Middleton to meet new baby Archie

Prince William and Kate Middleton to meet new baby Archie
NBC’s Keir Simmons reports that Prince William and wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are expected to meet their new baby nephew, Archie, the first child of William’s brother Prince Harry.

Reporter calls the baby "Archer"

 

[rosemadderlake]

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And just for you @Sherwood Park
Let it be known to whoever,^^
your support helped 'decent projects' organically home-grown right there in Canada!

"In Canada the proceeds from sales of Duchy Originals products are donated to the charities associated with The Prince's Charities Canada. By 2012 more than one million Canadian dollars were being raised annually"

Phew

Links
Home | Prince of Wales
The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund
Home - The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund
Duchy Home Farm - Wikipedia
Duchy Home Farm - Wikipedia

Renewable Energy | The Duchy of Cornwall
Renewable Energy | The Duchy of Cornwall

Highgrove Royal Gardens
Highgrove Royal Gardens

Thank you for all these links, Keine Engel!

I’ve admired Charles for a long time for his passion for the environment and sustainable farming.

Something we in the garden state of NJ care deeply about. We have a successful farm preservation program to preserve and protect the best soils and lands from development. Outside of the big city metro areas the rest of the state is geologically very diverse.

Our local honey, tomatoes, blueberries, and seafood and fresh water fish are well known. More and more small organic farms have thrived. My farmer’s market down the road sells only Jersey grown produce.

The Highgrove Shop is just lovely. I have a sets of the bee tumbler glasses, and dragon fly glasses. They are made France, available in the USA, it is really great sturdy glassware. The jams and chutneys look delicious! And that little seed pod with wildflowers... the Highgrove candle... I’d put Highgrove on my holiday shopping list, for sure.

To those wondering how a trust might work, it says “the proceeds” go back to grants, and the mission of the trust, etc., meaning artisans, jewelers, clothing makers, food makers, farmers, gardeners, store employees make a living. I notice there are three stores in England, and one in Japan.

What I especially like is while yes, it is a royal trust, it’s light on royal souvenirs. The offerings are delightful.

I suppose my perspective from across the pond is one of admiration of the consistency that the RF brings to the U.K. —Nobody is perfect, but the Queen’s role in diplomacy, in representing her country, as a figurehead, is something I’m a little envious of.

We could use some of that!

 

[Gardenista]

Kate Middleton is elegant in as she visits a D-Day exhibition at Bletchley Park | Daily Mail Online

 

[flute4peace]

Kate Middleton is elegant in as she visits a D-Day exhibition at Bletchley Park | Daily Mail Online

Yikes! She needs a couple more buttons on that skirt!

 

[JDG]

^^^ and perhaps a few small weights, as suggested by her Majesty, to help hold it down.

We have seen a lot of pics of Kate and wind blown skirts/dresses. Too many of them. lol

 

[weepingangel]

Yikes She’s lovely though

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

I'm rarely critical of Kate's wardrobe choices because 99% of the time, she looks exquisite. This dress is definitely in the 1% of Kate's outfits that I don't like: too sheer, overexposed gams, and makes Kate look too thin. Not a fan.