Controversy Over Buckingham Palace's Low Municipal Taxation

There is some controversy and much perplexity in the media about the revelation of the extremely low municipal taxation that Buckingham Palace, the majestic royal residence of the Windsor house in the heart of London, continues to enjoy compared to millions of ordinary homes in the United Kingdom. Kate Middleton's 'secret' resignation: no photo at the hospital exit: why didn't she show herself? The 'worrying' silence. Buckingham Palace, the calculations on taxes. The palace, according to the Economist's calculations, annually pays no more than 1828 pounds to the London municipality of Westminster (just over 2000 euros), for the so-called Council Tax: a tax that hangs over each house in the Kingdom, charged to owners or tenants. A ridiculous sum, according to many, equivalent to that of any 3-room apartment in Blackpool, a gray coastal city in the deep north of England. And lower than what is required of almost half of the subjects living in any dwellings (46% of the total). The intervention of the Princess of Wales, who will remain in hospital between 10 and 14 days, and then will not be able to resume official commitments at least until Easter, puts in doubt the visit, not yet officially announced, that Kate and William should have made in spring in Italy. King Charles discharged from the clinic after prostate surgery, returned to his residence with his wife Camilla. The treatment reserved for the official house of King Charles III (where the monarch does not live) is the result of the inclusion of the palace in category H - far from the costs imposed on the many London houses in category A or B - for historical reasons or privileges consolidated decades ago. It is therefore not attributable to the responsibility of the reigning sovereign, who succeeded his mother Elizabeth II less than a year and a half ago (and who is currently convalescing from the aftermath of a routine prostate surgery): a sovereign to whom someone now asks for an account of the commitment towards a streamlining of court structures and costs.