Why in the 21st century, do kings, queens, monarchies continue to exist, what is their political relevance?
It was a political model that gave rise to a process of expansionism and domination over other territories, particularly in Europe over Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa, and after historical events such as the industrial revolution, or the French Revolution, the rights of citizens resulted. , generated those structures where the monarch was the head of state and the head of government the prime minister, and gave way to a parliamentary monarchy.
“The prime minister acts as head of government and the figure of the monarch as head of state was maintained. Its historical relevance has to do precisely with the historical process of each country, from the nation state that originated from that logic, and which maintains the monarchy as part of its formation process, together with territories that were colonized centuries ago and that they recognize the British crown as head of state because they became protectorates”, explained Serrano Solares.
Between April 2021 and March 2022, the royal family’s payroll costs, that is, the payment given to employees who work for the crown, was 19.1 million pounds sterling. Which brings us to the following question:
Where does the money with which the monarchy is maintained come from?
“There are three areas in which the monarchy obtains resources, the first of them is the sovereign subsidy, they are lands that were owned by the crown, but became the State, although there is a lack of definition, worse the economic performance generated by the land that belonged to the crown is allocated to the budget assigned to them”.
“Of the budget income that the United Kingdom obtains, 15% goes to the royal family, and it has to do with the sovereign subsidy. In addition, from government expenses, money is allocated for protocol events where members of the royal family are present. They are assigned a kind of payroll for the work given the functions they have before the institutional bureaucratic apparatus, “explained the doctor.
There are two other items, it has to do with the properties that the crown had since 1265, this is a kind of private finance that the royal family has, which are other properties or land that are not directly in the center of Buckingham, but that have an economic return, but they do not generate a return to the State.