What are they putting in the drinking water that makes us tolerate paying for the royal family?
The Coronation reminds me how much I despise the so-called 'Royals, especially Charles. The cost of the Coronation is about £100 million and we, the people, will be paying for it. The Queen Mother’s ceremonial funeral reportedly cost the taxpayer £5.4 million and Queen Elizabeth’s came in at around £14 million.
We are threatened with climate change and 15-minute cities while the 'royals' still ride around in Rolls-Royces, Aston Martins, helicopters and private jets.
Did you know the landed estates in England and Wales, which the 'royals' have stolen from the people over the last 600 years, bring in a nice £40 million pounds annually for Charles?
The Sovereign Grant amount, levied annually by the royals on the taxpayer towards their upkeep will this year amount to some 86.3 million pounds – or £1.29 per person in Britain. (Incidentally, this is the same grant from which paedophile Prince Andrew probably bought his Swiss ski chalet which he allegedly sold in settlement of his court charges of paedophilia).
Just how rich is Charles? Strangely there is no publicised figure (what is he hiding?) however a team of investigative reporters came up with a net worth figure of around £1.21 billion.
How do you sleep at night, Charles? All that bling and monetary wealth while so many of us are suffering with a simple daily existence? Well here is something that might help you.
A chance to redeem yourself, Charles. How about you split the money you saved on the inheritance tax from your mother (that you didn’t pay even though everyone else has to pay 40%) to a couple of great charities?
Gutless like your ancestors, you never risked your miserable life engaged in armed combat yet you command our armed services. I don't believe you give a toss about the suffering of the wounded and their families, or about the support they so desperately need.
So my top charity suggestions for you to support and share your wealth with are:
Help For Heroes
Help for Heroes (H4H) is a British charity which provides lifelong recovery support to British Armed Forces service personnel who have been wounded or injured in the line of duty, and to their families,
Another thing that might be disturbing your sleep Charles is your conscience, you have so much obscene wealth when hundreds of thousands of school kids are struggling to get one decent school meal a day. So the second charity I suggest is
Help The Hungry
Last year, The Independent’s Help the Hungry appeal aided the provision of free meals to children with help from volunteers at pop-up food banks in schools and via holiday clubs. And my final suggestion is
FareShare
FareShare is a national UK charity that collects surplus “fit for purpose” products from the food and drinks industry and delivers it to organisations that work with disadvantaged people (including breakfast and after-school clubs).
By Paul Hayward