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Originally posted by NoEarthlyReason
I think this is also a myth. Can you find any official confirmation of this?

A good friend of mine in a lawyer in the UK. He told me so. He must have had a good reason.

Originally posted by moonbus
A good friend of mine in a lawyer in the UK. He told me so. He must have had a good reason.

1/3rd of GB is owned by the aristocracy most of Bonnie Scotland 24000,00 acres in dumfries and galloway owned by the 12 duke of queensbury 145000,00 the duke of atholl 101000,the earl of seafield 82000,00 the countess of Sutherland 128000,00 the lord of braemar castle 128000,00 Sir Alwyn Farquharson so Robbie if you do get independence we own you.

Originally posted by moonbus
A good friend of mine in a lawyer in the UK. He told me so. He must have had a good reason.

Maybe he did have a good reason, but being told by a friend who is a lawyer is not the same as official confirmation. My quick googling seems to show that while many believe it to be true, it is just another myth.

While the Queen does own a huge amount of land (personally), the Crown Estate (which nominally belongs to the crown) in practice "cannot be sold by him or her, nor do any revenues, or debts, from the estate accrue to the monarch, as they no longer govern in person." As Wikipedia goes on to explain, "that role has been replaced by the de facto authority of Parliament."

The Crown Estate even has a myth-busting section on it's website:

http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/news-and-media/myth-busting/

And finally, while the Crown Estate does own a huge amount of land, it is by no means "every inch" of the UK. It equals 240,000 hectares, plus about 55% of the UK's foreshore, and virtually all of the sea bed around the UK.

The UK's area is 323,000 hectares of water and 24,159,000 hectares of land.

Originally posted by redbadger
1/3rd of GB is owned by the aristocracy most of Bonnie Scotland 24000,00 acres in dumfries and galloway owned by the 12 duke of queensbury 145000,00 the duke of atholl 101000,the earl of seafield 82000,00 the countess of Sutherland 128000,00 the lord of braemar castle 128000,00 Sir Alwyn Farquharson so Robbie if you do get independence we own you.

I expect these estates to be nationalized and the 'owners', beheaded!

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
I expect these estates to be nationalized and the 'owners', beheaded!

best answer lol