Quote Originally Posted by Norder View Post
dont worry BT - there's this landowner called - Queen Elizabeth II - she's got about 6 billion acres of land dotted around, give her a bell, ask if she'll donate some of it to her "subjects"
The sovereign's public estate", is neither government property nor part of the monarch's private estate.The sovereign is not involved with the management or administration of the estate, and exercises only very limited control of its affairs. Instead, the estate's extensive portfolio is overseen by a semi-independent, incorporated public body headed by the Crown Estate Commissioners, who exercise "the powers of ownership" of the estate, although they are not "owners in their own right". The revenues from these hereditary possessions have been placed by the monarch at the disposition of Her Majesty's Government in exchange for relief from the responsibility to fund the Civil Government. These revenues thus proceed directly to Her Majesty's Treasury, for the benefit of the British nation.