Tag Archives: Queen Elizabeth

Inheritance tax is rising

Inheritance tax is rising

Unlike many of us in the future, King Charles will not be required to pay inheritance tax on the fortune that he received from the estate of the Queen when she passed away last year. However, for the ...
Comparing costs over the last 90 years

Comparing costs over the last 90 years

When the Queen was born in 1926 the bank interest rate was 5% and there were only 500,000 mortgages held compared with 11.1m today.  Things have changed a lot but to put it into context the value of £ ...
Coronation or abdication?

Coronation or abdication?

Robert Tanitch reviews King Charles III at Almeida Theatre, London N1 Mike Bartlett describes King Charles III as a future history play and it is the best and wittiest British play about a constitutio ...