We would put the Queen in a COUNCIL HOUSE...Kate and Wills too, says Green Party
THE Queen would be given a council house if the Green Party abolished the royal family and booted her out of Buckingham Palace.
The plans to oust the monarchy and claim back her £429 million estate was one of a number of proposals the Greens would try to pass if they got into power, its leader Natalie Bennett has said.
Prince William and Kate could also be out on their ear, as the party would also plan to tighten inheritance tax rules to prevent living parents passing on wealth to their children.
But the welfare state would be bolstered to prevent Prince George from living on the streets.
Speaking to The Times Ms Bennett said: “I can’t see that the Queen is ever going to be really poor but I’m sure we can find a council house for her, we’re going to build lots more.”
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh would have to say goodbye to their sprawling Crown estates up and down Britain.
As well as Buckingham Palace, their weekend retreat Windsor Castle in Berkshire could be put on the market.
The couple would also lose their Scottish Palace of Holyroodhouse and Northern Irish Hillsborough Castle.
I can’t see that the Queen is ever going to be really poor but I’m sure we can find a council house for her, we’re going to build lots more
It is not known what could happen to their privately owned Sandringham House in Norfolk, and three Aberdeenshire residences Craigowan Lodge, Balmoral Castle and adjoining Delnadamph Lodge.
If the government stopped her annual government £38 million spending money, she would be able to claim a £71 a week ‘citizen’s wage’. The adult benefit, which would cost the Greens £280 billion would be funded by taxing the wealthy and threatening them with confiscation powers if they didn’t cough up.
The Greens’ burgeoning support has seen membership reach nearly 50,000. A YouGov poll earlier this month found the party was polling at its highest levels before the breakthrough 1989 election year.
But they have backed away from celebrity endorsement of comedian and activist Russell Brand, with an insider telling the paper it could “quickly turn into a nightmare” if they had the Essex boy on side.
