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Originally Posted by Furienna
But did he really "take money" though?
What I thought was that he got money from George VI after the abdication as compensation for giving up some estates?
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He sold his private estates to the new king, and did not mention that he had salted away a lot of money from the Duchy of Cornwall over the years, and was quite well off. He also got an allowance from the Privy purse and then later he did a deal with the French govt that he did not have to pay income tax.