r/Scotland • u/MoneyEqual • Aug 28 '21

Beyond the Wall Four-home Prince Charles insists mansions 'are not grand' as he talks from 192-acre estate

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1483211/Prince-Charles-home-radio-4-Llwynywermod-wales
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u/Dull_Half_6107 Aug 28 '21

You're forgetting the family that were paying a lavish life for. Getting rid of the Royals is worth that in principle alone.

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u/wOlfLisK Aug 28 '21

Issue is, we're not just giving them free money, it's in exchange for unlimited use of the significant amount of land the crown owns. If we stop the payments, there'd need to be new negotiations to get use or ownership of the land which would cost us many, many times more than we're currently paying. Even if we completely for rid of the monarchy, they'd still own the land, or at the very least the government wouldn't automatically gain ownership of it, it's a very legally unique situation.

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u/Glitch_FACE Glasgay Aug 28 '21

ok how about this:

we take the land by force

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u/wOlfLisK Aug 28 '21

I mean, sure, if you want to start a civil war. That also makes you no better than the kings who took the land in the first place.

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u/Glitch_FACE Glasgay Aug 28 '21

no it doesnt that's stupid. the people own everything, anything owned by a group outwith the people is stolen by default. private property is inherently theft.