[Goetz_von_Berlichingen]

I will try to read the whole thread tomorrow, but one little passage struck me immediately"

[H]e was marking the passing of someone who could not possibly subscribe to the same tax code as the rest of us.

The discovery that the Treasury is to be denied its proper share of the £50m fortune has ended the taboo that, for the past six weeks, has prevented a rational examination of the monarchy.

Class warfare, envy, and resentment. "The people" continue to vote socialists into office who, as an article of their political religion, believe that the state is the rightful owner of all property, to confiscate ("tax") as it wishes. Then, since misery loves company, "the people" express resentment that someone has succeeded in escaping this horrendous tyranny. The Crown is the symbolic defender of private property and of our right to leave whatever we have amassed, either by prudent investment or hard work (or even sheer luck), to our desgnated heirs.

I doubt that the Royal family votes for Socialists. If the people continue to do so, they have no one to blame for extortionate taxation but themselves.

[David Hunter]

The Crown is the symbolic defender of private property and of our right to leave whatever we have amassed, either by prudent investment or hard work (or even sheer luck), to our designated heirs.

Is it really. My maternal grandfather started off as a newsagent, over more than 50 years he built up his business and bought three more shops, which he rented out to other retailers. He worked very hard and only used to take one day off a year, as well as doing the paper rounds when the paperboys didn't turn up.

He died suddenly of a heart attack in 1997, under a Conservative government. The government took 40% of his estate in inheritance tax. Two years later his wife, who had inherited his estate, also died suddenly of a heart attack. Again the government took 40% of the estate. Hence only around 30% of the original estate was left to his daughters. Bizarrely when the Queen Mother, a woman with at least £50 million, dies, she doesn't pay a penny in inheritance tax. Please explain the justice here to me.

I doubt that the Royal family votes for Socialists. If the people continue to do so, they have no one to blame for extortionate taxation but themselves.

The Royal Family don't need to vote for Socialists because they are rolling in money. They always receive the best medical care available, get taken everywhere in chaffeur driven limousines etc, regardless of the cost.

New Labour is hardly Socialist in the traditional sense. It has moved to the right and in my opinion is now further right than the Liberal Democrats.