Friday November 12 2021 03:57, you wrote to Ward Dossche:
WD>> enjoying a wealth afforded them by blood diamonds and natural WD>> rubber ...
> Ah yes, the infamous hand-cutting King?
> I read a Belgian survey from 2010 a few years ago, stating that the > British, with an appanage of EUR 50M per year, still was the most > expensive Royalty in Europe. Followed by the Netherlands with EUR 40M.
Nope, the UK is cost free as the rent for all of the lands owned by the them go to the treasury and they in turn pay for the cost of upkeep of primary properties along with sundry expenses. We get a far higher return than spent so net cost is nil.
> The Nordic countries had Norway as #1 with EUR 27M followed by > Denmark with EUR 12,5M and Sweden the "cheapest" one with EUR 11M.
> The Swedish kings never managed to get very much out of all the > plundering that took place on continental Europe in the 17th century, > when we were kinda like a super power. All the pillaging went to the > noblemen that raised a handful of sons of their tenants to fight in > the wars, while cowardly hiding at home, taking all the stolen goods > for themselves. What else is new...?
> ..
Vincent
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