The real wealth of the Windors
what about HM Queen Elizabeth 2 of Great Britian? because she is more money! Million? wealth? billionaire?
late Princess Diana's father is also wealth and Dodi Fayed's dad also billionaire
have anymore of Royals who more money!
Sara Boyce
This is infact something I have been very interested in for a while, not the Fayed's money but that of the house of Windsor. It has been quoted for a few years that the Queens personal wealth does not exceed that of £300m/$600m wherever you read it but it is my opinion and that of royal analysts that this figure is grossly underestimated.
I know what you're thinking, 'ah well he's probably confusing state owned property and her personal fortune' but I have put much research into separating the two and it would seem that, much to my surprise and considering the efforts the royals go to proving they do not own it, there is very little that is infact owned by the state in regards to this family.
The more I think about it, the clearer it becomes as this family have been trying to reduce the fortune that they appear to have to dampen any public anger over the vast fortune they control. To a public, if the royals are 'poor' and wield little power then they are seen as more of a symbolic tourist attraction thus making them less of a threat.
I shall now explain what it is they actually control and what makes them a truly remarkable family;
The Windsors (Originally the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) have been ruling the United Kingdom for hundreds of years and in that time they have accumulated one of the most expensive portfolios of property, jewelery and art in the world and despite the media saying otherwise, they have managed to retain control and ownership over a great deal of it.
Lets start with what is largely known as the Windors' biggest loss of property in history; the Crown Estate. Once the personal property of the monarch, the Crown used to control the largest part of the UK, second only to the church. What the media will tell you know is that at the time of George III the crown estate was
given to parliament in return for a annual civil list payment, a practice which still continues today. However, what the media often ommits from this information is that this contract between the monarch and parliament was far from final and must be re-signed on every monarch accession to remain legally binding. In effect, George III created a rental agreement which must be renewed every generation and therefore when Charles becomes King he has the option of not signing the 'deal' as he has been quoted by the Times saying he will not. If he decides to create a new precedent in his family then he will become the sole owner of the 272,000 acre estate worth £7bn and forfeit the measly civil list payment his family is used to.
Also, when Charles becomes King he will automatically become the Duke of Lancaster and thus inherit his mothers personal estate, the Duchy of Lancaster which is valued at £350m (this is the figure usually used to value the Queen)
Furthermore, there is the property that is supposedly in trust for the nation; ie. the palaces and the crown jewels. Try looking for it! there is no record of any trust set up for the nation, as far as the law is concerned these are still the private property of the Monarch and Buckingham Palace is reportedly worth over £1bn alone with another £17bn secured for the nation including the crown jewels (including one of the biggest diamonds in the world) which is said to be worth between £3bn and £5bn.
This is a rough estimation of what the British royal family is worth;
1 x Crown Estate £7bn
1 x Duchy of Lancaster £350m
1 x Property held in trust for nation £14bn
1 x Crown Jewels £3bn
1 x Art collection (Inc. many Da Vinci paintings) £priceless
1 x Investment in Bluechip companies £unknown
=
£24.35bn excluding the unknown figures
So there you have it, the British royals are actually as wealthy, if not more so than the Saudi's. They have done a marvelous job at confusing their ownership and hiding behind a veil of ignorance. I have no doubt that this is not accurate and there is probably much more to consider but I am 100% certain that this family has a fortune worth vastly more than the quoted £300m.