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my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 5 weeks agoThe British monarchy primarily “provides” money by owning land and other assets which would otherwise be government-owned. They also “earn” a shitload of money just for existing and still dump significant expenses onto taxpayers.
remon@ani.social 5 weeks ago
They provide about 1.5 billion pounts of tourism renevenu per year, far outweighing the sovereign grants they recieve from the the government.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
You’re telling me the tourists would stop looking at British castles etc. if the UK became a republic?
remon@ani.social 5 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure the people calculating the number could distinguish between tourism for castles and the monarachy.