▲ 602 ▼ UK’s richest family on trial in Switzerland for human trafficking, confiscating staff passports, paying as little as £7/day (www.bbc.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 74 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (3 children) UKs richest family? But not the King? 🤔 permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nope, not the King. He might have a lot of stuff, but quite a lot of that is basically unsellable. So his crown might be worth a gazillion, but parliament would probably interfere if he tried to sell it off. And it would be an issue what is actually his to sell and what is really owned by the state. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Much of it is owned by the Crown Estate. Which is technically owned by the current monarch, but it's not their personal property. All sounds like a scam to me to prevent inheritance taxes scooping off a chunk every time one of them carks it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago All the revenue that the Crown Estate generates is given directly to the UK government to use, so they get plenty of tax from it already. ~$400 million in 2022 for example. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The british royal family are a bit like a church, Not that rich on paper but buffalo buffalo buffalo owning so many assets all over the world that if you did the legwork to put it all together they might turn out to be richer than the richest oligarchs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] corus_kt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I need a better linguist to ELI5 buffaloes Or is this just bully bully bully permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] corus_kt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* As mentioned the sentence looks unrelated to bison and/or the city, leaving the interpretation to be 'bully intimidate bully' which sounds jank Am I just overanalyzing a phrase meant to be a joke permalink fedilink source parent [–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago The king is worth at around $700 million. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Nope, not the King. He might have a lot of stuff, but quite a lot of that is basically unsellable. So his crown might be worth a gazillion, but parliament would probably interfere if he tried to sell it off. And it would be an issue what is actually his to sell and what is really owned by the state. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Much of it is owned by the Crown Estate. Which is technically owned by the current monarch, but it's not their personal property. All sounds like a scam to me to prevent inheritance taxes scooping off a chunk every time one of them carks it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago All the revenue that the Crown Estate generates is given directly to the UK government to use, so they get plenty of tax from it already. ~$400 million in 2022 for example. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years ago (1 child) Much of it is owned by the Crown Estate. Which is technically owned by the current monarch, but it's not their personal property. All sounds like a scam to me to prevent inheritance taxes scooping off a chunk every time one of them carks it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago All the revenue that the Crown Estate generates is given directly to the UK government to use, so they get plenty of tax from it already. ~$400 million in 2022 for example. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago All the revenue that the Crown Estate generates is given directly to the UK government to use, so they get plenty of tax from it already. ~$400 million in 2022 for example. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child) The british royal family are a bit like a church, Not that rich on paper but buffalo buffalo buffalo owning so many assets all over the world that if you did the legwork to put it all together they might turn out to be richer than the richest oligarchs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] corus_kt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I need a better linguist to ELI5 buffaloes Or is this just bully bully bully permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] corus_kt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* As mentioned the sentence looks unrelated to bison and/or the city, leaving the interpretation to be 'bully intimidate bully' which sounds jank Am I just overanalyzing a phrase meant to be a joke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] corus_kt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I need a better linguist to ELI5 buffaloes Or is this just bully bully bully permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] corus_kt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* As mentioned the sentence looks unrelated to bison and/or the city, leaving the interpretation to be 'bully intimidate bully' which sounds jank Am I just overanalyzing a phrase meant to be a joke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] corus_kt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* As mentioned the sentence looks unrelated to bison and/or the city, leaving the interpretation to be 'bully intimidate bully' which sounds jank Am I just overanalyzing a phrase meant to be a joke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] corus_kt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* As mentioned the sentence looks unrelated to bison and/or the city, leaving the interpretation to be 'bully intimidate bully' which sounds jank Am I just overanalyzing a phrase meant to be a joke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago The king is worth at around $700 million. permalink fedilink source parent