From 'There are no Sunglasses'
''The Queen is in Downing Street for the first cabinet meeting of her 60 year reign.
Prime Minister David Cameron greeted the Queen at the door of Number
10, and ushered her inside after posing briefly for photographs.
It is understood that ministers will present her with a gift to commemorate her Diamond Jubilee year.
She sat between the PM and the foreign secretary for part of the regular meeting of top ministers.
It is believed to be the first time a monarch has attended peace-time
cabinet since George III in 1781. George I ceased to chair cabinet in
1717.''
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Showing posts with label royal family. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
“Queen Elizabeth II the largest landowner on Earth.”
From Who Owns The World
''Queen Elizabeth II, head of state of the United Kingdom and of 31 other states and territories, is the legal owner of about 6,600 million acres of land, one sixth of the earth’s non ocean surface.
She is the only person on earth who owns whole countries, and who owns countries that are not her own domestic territory. This land ownership is separate from her role as head of state and is different from other monarchies where no such claim is made – Norway, Belgium, Denmark etc.
The value of her land holding. £17,600,000,000,000 (approx).''
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''Queen Elizabeth II, head of state of the United Kingdom and of 31 other states and territories, is the legal owner of about 6,600 million acres of land, one sixth of the earth’s non ocean surface.
She is the only person on earth who owns whole countries, and who owns countries that are not her own domestic territory. This land ownership is separate from her role as head of state and is different from other monarchies where no such claim is made – Norway, Belgium, Denmark etc.
The value of her land holding. £17,600,000,000,000 (approx).''
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
'Prince Charles offered veto over government bills'
from thebureauinvestigates........
"Ministers have been forced to seek the Royal’s approval on legislation ranging from gambling to the Olympics thanks to a secretive constitutional loophole that gives him the right to oversee laws that could impinge on his private interests.
Since 2005 ministers from six departments have sought the Prince of Wales’ approval, described by constitutional lawyers as a Royal ‘nuclear deterrent’ over public policy.
Documents seen by the Guardian show that one minister wrote to the Prince’s royal office for consent over a new planning bill because it applied to his own private interests".........READ MORE
Saturday, June 25, 2011
'Anti-monarchy group says royals too costly'
from stuff.co.nz.......
"The anti-monarchy group Republic say that the queen and her family cost British taxpayers five times more than has been revealed.
"The anti-monarchy group Republic say that the queen and her family cost British taxpayers five times more than has been revealed.
Republic said it costs taxpayers more than £200 million (NZ$393 million) each year to support Queen Elizabeth II and the rest of her extended family.
That is far more than the official figures released by the palace, which show the royals cost taxpayers just under £40 million per year.
The figures released by the group on Thursday are based on the cost of providing security protection for the extended royal family, the cost of royal visits to other countries and throughout Britain, and the income produced by vast tracts of lands and business enterprises held by the royals'................LINK
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