‘Not my king! Genocidalist’ King Charles III heckled by Australian senator, hinting at Britain’s support for Israel’s Gaza genocide.
https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-king-charles-australia-senator-lidia-thorpe-aboriginal-genocide/
British monarchy ‘committed genocide against our people,’ said independent lawmaker Lidia Thorpe.
October 21, 2024 By Noah Keate
King Charles III was heckled by an Australian senator who accused the visiting U.K. monarch of “genocide.”
Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal independent lawmaker for Victoria, interrupted proceedings and approached the stage as Charles concluded his speech at Parliament House in the capital city of Canberra.
“This is not your land, you are not my king!” she said.
“You committed genocide against our people,” Thorpe added. “Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us — our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You are a genocidalist.”
Charles was heckled for around a minute before the senator was escorted away by security. The king and other attendees, including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, remained seated and did not comment on the incident.
It occurred during Charles’ first visit to Australia since ascending to the throne in 2022, and the first visit to the country by a British monarch since 2011.
Australia, a former collection of British colonies, federated and became an independent nation in 1901 but remains a constitutional monarchy with the Charles as its head of state — though in practice his rule is purely symbolic, with no role in Australian day-to-day governance.
Support for an Australian republic is divided, according to polls. Buckingham Palace officials writing on behalf of Charles said earlier this month that “whether Australia becomes a republic” is a “matter for the Australian public to decide.”
Thorpe released a statement Monday arguing that Australia should ditch the monarchy and establish a treaty with indigenous First Nations people.
“The crown invaded this country, has not sought treaty with First Peoples, and committed a genocide of our people,” she said. “King Charles is not the legitimate sovereign of these lands.”
Australia narrowly rejected becoming a republic in 1999, although Charles’ visit has not been without controversy.
See King Charles III’s $25 billion Real Estate Portfolio
Giovana Gelhoren May 4, 2023,
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As the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, King Charles III is the owner of many opulent royal residences across Britain. After Queen Elizabeth II passed away in September 2022, Charles officially became the King in a lavish 2023 coronation and thus took over duties and properties previously owned by his mother.
According to a deep dive into the properties from Forbes, Charles now owns seven palaces, 10 castles, 12 homes, 56 holiday cottages and 14 ancient ruins. The elaborate real estate portfolio is known as the Duchy of Lancaster estate, a private and ancient estate owned by the reigning sovereign. The estate has been passed down to the next King or Queen for over 750 years.
As if that deal wasn’t already sweet enough, Charles wasn’t required to pay inheritance tax on the luxurious real estate due to a rule introduced by the UK government in 1993. Per Business Insider, the rule doesn’t require the Royal Family to pay the same tax as other UK citizens to prevent the royal family’s assets being wiped out if two monarchs were to die in a short period of time.
Properties include massive estates that are known across the globe, such as Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle, but there are also some lesser known properties that have been in the family for generations.
Though one might think that larger and more expensive is better, Charles disagrees. A source recently told the Daily Mail that the royal might be thinking of breaking royal protocol by not moving to Buckingham Palace at the end of its renovation in 2027 (the Palace is worth an estimated $4.9 billion, per Forbes). “I know he is no fan of ‘the big house,’ as he calls the palace,” the source said. “He doesn’t see it as a viable future home or a house that’s fit for purpose in the modern world.” The source continued, “He feels that its upkeep, both from a cost and environmental perspective, is not sustainable.”
Thus, the King seemingly spends most of his time in other properties and we have all the details about where they are. Below you’ll see some of Charles’ most extravagant and opulent estates, palaces and cottages!
How King Charles and Prince William’s royal estates earn millions in rent from taxpayers
Sat 02 Nov 2024
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/how-king-charles-prince-williams-34022693
The two most senior royals make £50m a year from their inherited estates – as revealed by a bombshell new Mirror and Channel 4 Dispatches investigation
The two royal Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster, owned by Prince William and King Charles III, earn millions of pounds in rent from the taxpayer.
Details of how the two most senior members of the Royal Family make £50m a year from their inherited estates can be revealed for the first time.
It owns the coastline from Barrow-in-Furness to the River Mersey and five leases reveal the Duchy will received at least £28m from power cables crossing this land.
A Duchy of Cornwall spokesperson it was “a private estate with a commercial imperative”.
The Duchy of Lancaster said it “operates as a commercial company” and that “while His Majesty The King takes a close interest in the work of the Duchy, the day-to-day management of the portfolio is the responsibility of the Council and executive team”.
King Charles doesn’t have to pay inheritance tax on the Queen’s private estate worth more than $750 million
Jyoti Mann Sep 11, 2022,
https://www.businessinsider.com/charles-doesnt-have-to-pay-inheritance-tax-750-million-estate-2022-9?op=1
King Charles has inherited the Duchy of Lancaster estate valued at more than $750 million.
He will not have to pay inheritance tax on the estate due to a rule approved in 1993.
The duchy generated income of $27 million for the Queen last year, financial records show.
King Charles will not have to pay inheritance tax on the Duchy of Lancaster estate he inherited from the Queen due to a rule allowing assets to be passed from one sovereign to another.
Charles automatically inherited the estate, the monarch’s primary source of income, while his eldest son, Prince William, inherited the Duchy of Cornwall estate – valued at more than $1 billion – from his father.
The new king will avoid inheritance tax on the estate worth more than $750 million due to a rule introduced by the UK government in 1993 to guard against the royal family’s assets being wiped out if two monarchs were to die in a short period of time, i News reported.
The provision was first exercised in 2002 when the Queen Mother passed on an estate worth about $80 million to the Queen including a collection of Faberge eggs.
The clause means that, to help protect its assets, members of the royal family do not have to pay the 40% levy on property valued at more than £325,000 ($377,000) that non-royal UK residents do.
The Lancaster estate generated revenue of £24 million ($27 million) last year, its financial records state, and the King is now entitled to its income.
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It had assets worth more than £650 million ($754 million) at the end of March this year, the duchy’s website states. A law passed in 1702 forbids the monarch from selling any of the assets.
The Queen began voluntarily paying income and capital gains tax on the estate in 1993 and Charles may decide to follow suit.
The Duchy of Lancaster estate, founded in the 13th century, consists of “commercial, agricultural and residential” properties, including a portfolio of financial investments, according to its website.
Its five rural units, or Surveys, cover about 18,000 hectares of land in England and Wales.
The Foreshore Survey covers about 36,000 hectares (one hectare is equal to about two and a half acres) from the river Mersey, on which the city of Liverpool is built, to Barrow-in-Furness in the north of England. It also consists of the Minerals Survey, comprising limestone and sandstone quarries from south Wales to North Yorkshire.
However, most of its income comes from the Urban Survey, which includes extensive commercial property interests in central London such as the Savoy Hotel.
The Balmoral and Sandringham residences are owned by the royal family, while most of the other properties they use including Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle are part of the Crown Estate.
The Duchy of Lancaster was contacted for comment.
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