A Royally Crony System: Harry and Meghan give Britons a peek at the (public)private finance that bankrolls the family

It is amazing that such a system still exists in the 21st Century.

(From MSN)

But what the royals call private contains, by any other measure, a generous mix of public giveaways: medieval landholdings passed from one male heir to the next, sweeping tax relief, indemnity from some laws and exemptions from others, ownership of long stretches of coastline and all the treasure buried in Cornwall.

Those perks have delivered Prince Charles substantial wealth.