Hoarding wealth and monetising gifts, with little public scrutiny - none of that is fit for modern Britain, and we shouldn't accept it Queen Elizabeth II may have been styled the "people's monarch", but for much of her reign, and especially its last 40 years, the amassing of vast wealth was simply de rigueur for the UK's financial and landed elites. As the Guardian investigation into the cost of the royal family reveals, the late queen was at the forefront of her class's pursuit of wealth extrac...
As a new king is crowned, Labour must take a stand - and commit to reforming the monarchy | Clive Lewis
The Guardian - 14 Apr 2023 15:15
Hoarding wealth and monetising gifts, with little public scrutiny - none of that is fit for modern Britain, and we shouldn't accept it Queen Elizabeth II may have been styled the "people's monarch", but for much of her reign, and especially its last 40 years, the amassing of vast wealth was simply de rigueur for the UK's financial and landed elites. As the Guardian investigation into the cost of the royal family reveals, the late queen was at the forefront of her class's pursuit of wealth extrac...
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