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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

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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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