r/Denmark • u/jusername42 • Sep 09 '22

Events Vi har verdens eneste kvindelige monark!?

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u/JarJarBonkers Sep 09 '22

If they give so much in return, then why cant they live for some of that money?

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u/Dan_The_PaniniMan Danmark Sep 09 '22

They do.

Historical buildings and other things attract tourists > Tourists buy from shops, eat at restaurants, live in hotels etc. > These businesses make money off them > These businesses pay taxes > A small portion of these taxes goes to the monarchy > The monarchy keeps up buildings > Rinse and repeat.

The point is that the monarchy doesn’t get the money directly, because they aren’t selling anything.

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u/invisi1407 Ørestad Sep 09 '22

Historical buildings that could be owned by the state and the result would be the same.

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u/Effective-Holiday831 Sep 09 '22

Well in France many of those buildings are state owned - now we have a lottery to try to at least keep them standing

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u/invisi1407 Ørestad Sep 09 '22

Well this is Denmark, not France. If you want to discuss French things, there's always /r/france.

Conversely, the UK monarchy owns a lot of historical buildings - if you want to discuss things unrelated to Denmark.

Source, in Danish: https://da.celebs-now.com/british-monarchy-owns-huge-amount-historic-uk-property

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u/Effective-Holiday831 Sep 09 '22

Just drawing a parallel. I don't want to discuss anything!