I knew about his designation of Duke of Cornwall but not quite how much money his tax free rents brought in (though I did know it was a lot). I am always appalled by Americans who glamorize and fawn over the aristocracy and the monarchy. Having money and privilege just because one was born to it and no one having worked for it just galls me to no end.

I know Cornwall used to have the tin mines and fishing (maybe still goes have some of that) but even then people were not well off (I used to read a lot of books that were set in Cornwall, some in modern times but many in the 19th century, and while they were fiction, it got me curious and reading more about the history and culture). It’s really scandalous that someone can sponge off of the people like that. And he had the nerve to want to also tell everyone else how they need to live 🙄