Those assets which aren’t technically theirs are still exclusively used by the royal family for life and are passed on to the next monarch and family so in practical terms they are. Not much will happen at or to Buckingham Palace without the approval of King Chuck.
What a racket !
That would be the palaces and lands and crown jewels.
It is my understanding the Royal Family actually owns one estate in Scotland.
I could seeing something that isn’t there, sure. It just seems like they have been financial underperformers if the public information is, in fact, correct.
I just did a quick calculation, for example. If I invested an amount and rolled it over at a modest 4% interest for the past 300 years, it would have increased in value by 128,000%.
That’s true....but unlike say, Trump’s Mar-A-Lago they can’t sell any of them. So do they really own them? I’d say the trusts own them and the royal family merely gets to use those real estate holdings.
That’s clearly worth something....but its also clearly not the same as owning them and being able to sell them off and pocket the money if you want to.