Polly Toynbee and Paul Richards, activists on the fringes of the Labour Party Conference, slammed the new monarch just two weeks after his mother’s death<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The activists, who are members of the campaign group Labour for a Republic, were speaking at the ‘What Future for the Monarchy’ event held last night in Liverpool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Toynbee slammed King Charles III’s finances as “utterly disgraceful” for failing to pay inheritance tax. She said: “The crown puts its money out of reach of its citizens. I mean, utterly disgraceful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“King Charles III says he wants to slim down the monarchy, the first thing he could do is to slim down the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“A lot of European monarchies are much cheaper than ours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“But I think the idea of not paying inheritance tax – of course over generations you would get attrition of royal funds – but I think that just reminds everybody that this is our money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It was stolen. The idea that the royal family owns or should own these lands is utterly preposterous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Toynbee’s panellist, Labour activist Paul Richards, slammed King Charles III for “constant interference” in politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Richards said of the new monarch, “He’s a politician, really. A lobbyist, a campaigner – trying to influence government policy.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We’ve seen evidence of this interference – constant interference,” says the panellist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I think it’s going to end badly because it’s very hard for him not to because it’s just who he is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This comes just two weeks after Queen Elizabeth II’s death, and the Royal Family is still in official mourning, which will end on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr Richards dismissed the notion that now is not the time to discuss monarchy abolition because the country is mourning the Queen’s death, saying, “There’s never a good time, and I think every time is a good time.”<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Polly Toynbee and Paul Richards, activists on the fringes of the Labour Party Conference, slammed the new monarch just two weeks after his mother’s death The activists, who are members … <\/p>\n