The “duchy” has raked in more than £60 million in such funds over the last decade, which it has claimed was being donated to charity. But “internal duchy documents” (yes, this is a real thing) show that much of the funds are actually being used to renovate the king’s real-estate holdings, some of which are then rented out for his own profit
Apparently, Queen Elizabeth II approved using these bona vacantia funds for upgrades in 1987 and again in 2019. Such renovations include double-glazed windows (nice!), log burners, and new roofs. In one case, an old farmhouse was renovated partially using these so-called bona vacantia funds, only to be rented out as a four-bedroom home for ÂŁ1,450 per month.
The feudal-era practice was signed into law by the Parliament in 1925 but, as The Guardian reports, “why this was done is not known.” Meanwhile, it has helped King Charles, a landlord, amass a private fortune that is estimated to be worth £1.8 billion.
Wait is CGP grey a bad dude
He had a really bad video defending the British monarchy cuz "muh tourist money". Ignoring French killed their monarchy and still get buckoo tourist bucks.
He also took a Telsa to the "most dangerous road in America" to test out the self driving. Said road was a well paved two lane in Kentucky that's only dangerous cuz it attracts a bunch of motorsports enthusiasts, and he was clearly there at a time where there was hardly anyone there. So yeah the autopilot works okay on bendy well paved roads, Whoopty Doo! Even his fans kinda called him out on that one.
I'm sure he's a perfect pleasant human being but he's clearly a naive tech bro lib who thinks everything would be awesome if le epic science nerds ran everything.
Buckingham palace is a dump too.
Versailles is fucking really nice and it comes with the bonus of knowing that the family that lived there all got got.