[MBB1984]

I always thought the Royals were nothing more than parasites on true taxpaying citizens. Worse, many of the Royals were arrogant and condescending to their subjects and indulged in degenerate behavior.

[equalitybeforethelaw]

I always thought the Royals were nothing more than parasites on true taxpaying citizens.

According to the law, the royals own everything and allow commoners the right to work the fields for 10% of the yield. This was serfdom. Now we have freedom and pay in excess of 50% of the yield. Things are better now.

[agere_contra]

I always thought the Royals were nothing more than parasites on true taxpaying citizens.

That's incorrect. The Royal Family subsists on its own income. Even when it got the civil list monies, that money was in lieu of income from the Crown Lands.

Unlike the Kennedies and other American royalty, the Royal Family pay their own way. Also they very rarely suffocate people in lakes!