Royal Legacy
How the royal family have made, spent and passed on their wealth
by David McClure
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Pub Date 21 Sep 2017 | Archive Date 3 Feb 2018
Description
Over the last century the British Royal Family have benefited from special privileges like secret wills to keep their private wealth away from public scrutiny. How can Prince Charles afford to live so lavishly - many ask - and how is the Queen able to bankroll other members of her family?
With the discovery of unpublished royal wills, little-known royal auction records and recently-released Treasury papers, David McClure has pieced together a mosaic of the landed property, jewellery and artworks that together forms the bedrock of the royal family’s inherited fortune.
But like all inheritance tales it’s also a highly human story full of greedy relatives, family splits and skeletons in the closet – and one made all the more timely by the current succession process whereby the Queen hands over some royal duties to the younger generation.
Nosy and irreverent, Royal Legacy takes a peek behind the palace curtains.
Advance Praise
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEOPLE’S BOOK PRIZE.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781910198650 |
| PRICE | US$16.99 (USD) |
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T B, Reviewer
I have always been interested in the Royal Family. I found this to be particularly good to read about a subject that is less known about them and the ways in which they ensure that the wealth they have accumulated stays with them. Really good read and very interesting.
Gillian S, Librarian
Despite a factual error on the first page (the Duke of Edinburgh's age), I persevered with this book and found it to be an interesting account of the wealth of the Royal Family. The available wills of members of the family provide interesting facts, but it is what is not known that proves most intriguing. Careful inheritance planning and concealment mean that the public will probably never know the true extent of their wealth - the best guess is it is far more than they would like us to know about.
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