Their money does not get to them, it goes to the crown estate which is a public body. The monarch gets 2% PA of these earnings and other royals get less on a sliding scale of their importance.
George III wanted a loan from parliament to fight some war somewhere, but parliament said no as George was bankrupt. Parliament told him that their terms were that he give them the monies from all his land holdings and they would pay him a percentage. So the monarchy are government tenants.
Their money does not get to them, it goes to the crown estate which is a public body. The monarch gets 2% PA of these earnings and other royals get less on a sliding scale of their importance.
George III wanted a loan from parliament to fight some war somewhere, but parliament said no as George was bankrupt. Parliament told him that their terms were that he give them the monies from all his land holdings and they would pay him a percentage. So the monarchy are government tenants.