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Brexit threatens subsidies for UK's landed gentry and the Queen

The privileged classes have legal status as farmers, and are on the dole for EU farm subsidies

Published Wed, Sep 6, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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Sandringham, England

IT IS A club that includes some of the world's richest people. There are dukes, sheikhs, flamboyant entrepreneurs - even Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family.

What they have in common besides ownership of some of Britain's finest estates - adorned with stately homes, manicured gardens and, sometimes, racing stables - is their legal status as farmers, which means they are on the dole for European Union farm subsidies.

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