And where, effectively, does that money come from?
Really
The tax payer - you and I. I am not paid by the crown estateā¦ the funding of this state funeral as last applied to Churchill (Queen mother and Diana did not ahem state funerals)is not from the crown estate
No youāre not, but the treasury gets money form the Crown estate, at present 25% of that, ~100m at the mo, goes back to the monarch, so that leaves the Treasury with Ā£300m excess.
So yes, the tax-payer (in this case the Crown Estate) may be paying for the state funeral but you could argue that that money is coming direct from the Crown Estate! So effectively the Crown Estate is paying for the funeral
have you broken somebodyās arm ?
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I guess it depends if you live or work in an area or building where the Crown Estate charges you rent, then youād have an argument to say youāve contributed to it all. After all, they are just an old time landlord with an extensive portfolio gifted to them over time. Not averse to evicting tenants to flog off their houses either.
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In a nutshell, heās being a right wing cunt
Wellā¦ we could debate this for ages, including how the only really effective contribution to business by the Royals has been within the British āahemā āaerospaceā industry which is a pretty broad definition but does include mines, weapons, military aircraft etc etcā¦ and some lovely juicy deals with the Saudis, on that scoreā¦
Ayeā¦ but the crown estates were simply robbed from us peasants because someone had a bigger armyā¦ so one could argueā¦
Totally bemused at people already queuing to get a few seconds glance at a coffin, not necessarily because of the drive to do it, people can do what they want, more from the practicalities? I mean where / how do you sleep without huge discomfort? Where to go for a shit without losing you place in the queue? Washing? Pissing? Keeping hydrated without buying loads of single use plastic shit?
All these considerations would worry me. And I donāt know many people i would want to spend 48 hours with sleeping rough without wanting to kill them. At least theyāll all smell like serfs when they walk past!
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Iām sure thereās a joke to be had regarding āflagsā remaining at half mast, Iāll let you do the rest.
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Or running it up the flagpole and saluting itā¦.
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Iām prepared to bet that the viagra machine is closed as well. So, no problem. 
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There we go. Britain was built on people working together during difficult times, Liz would be proud.
they reckon some will have been there for 53 hours
Very few things in life are worth the queuing required to get it - and this is no exception.
If I was in London and If I was in the general vicinity and if there was no or little queue, I would probably swing by. Either that or leave the Ayatollah in the queue and fuck off to the pub with instructions to call me when she was three from the front
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Nice timing, they couldnāt wait until sheās in the ground. Have they no respect for her Majesty? I wonder if the flunkey who squeezes exactly one inch of toothpaste onto the royal toothbrush every morning has got the sack. That would be a tragedy.
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Everyone in the UK lives in an area where the Crown Estate owns your land.
Except perhaps foreign embassies.
I read somewhere that they had received legal advice regarding this, but I am calling bullshit on that - You can have advice and choose when to act upon it. They are in post until they start consultation.
The timing is just daft - I appreciate that there is never a good time, but even so, wait a couple of weeks.
Also wonāt a good chunk of these get picked up by William in his new role?
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Like a younger version of Ken Bailey. Anyone remember him? He was an older version of Jimmy Savile. Allegedly.
I thought Centerparcs were bad enough