Wondering How High Queen Elizabeth II’s Net Worth Was Before She Passed? Wonder No Longer
, several sparkly diamond tiaras, a solid gold piano, all of Hyde Park, literally every single swan in the United Kingdom, and a casual abbey R-I-C-H. But how much does she actually have tucked away in the bank, you ask? Answer: It’s complicated because a ton of stuff “owned” by the Queen actually just belongs to the “Royal Firm,” so the time has come to break it all down., the crown, through the Firm , holds nearly $28 billion in assets.
But not all of this money belongs to the British royals! Some of it belongs to the British Treasury. Let’s take the Crown Estate as an example, shall we?belongs to the reigning monarch for the duration of their reign but isn’t their private property nor is it the property of the government. Instead, it’s run by an outside board. Per, the Crown Estate made £475 million in profits in 2020, and the royal family got 25% of that , while the remaining 75% went to the British Treasury.
So yeah: The Queen *did* make money from the royal institution as a whole—but it’s honestly kind of irrelevant because she also had an entirely separate set of assets that wereSaid assets include but are not limited to personal investments that are “ ,” a truly massive art collection, an equally massive jewelry collection, and real estate—including Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle.
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