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Posted by Boffer
on June 10, 2012, 5:32 pm, in reply to "Taxes"
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As far as I am aware (being British), unlike in the United States, there is not a form of "gift tax" in the United Kingdom.
Thus I think the story of Prince Charles having to pay gift tax for the engagement ring is a false story.
--Previous Message--
: Plus taxes - were it to be gifted, wouldn't
: Camilla have to pay significant taxes? I
: believe Charles had to pay taxes on her
: engagement ring, which was given to him
: outright by the Queen Mother.
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: This way it stays in the jewel pool and gets
: passed down to Charles (or the next
: monarch); Camilla can still wear it and
: there are no taxes to be paid.
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: --Previous Message--
: It is clear from the phrasing in The Queen's
: Diamonds that within the royal family,
: historic jewels are no longer
: "gifted" they are simply
: "loaned".
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: The main case being 'The Greville Tiara'
: which has been worn solely by The Duchess of
: Cornwall since 2005, which in the past we
: would have assumed meant it had been gifted
: to her.
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: Now however, perhaps due to the lessons
: learnt from the numerous divorces of the
: 1990s, family heirlooms are simply loaned.
:
: Thus it could be the case that 'The Duchess
: of Teck's Tiara' has never actually been
: worn by The Duchess of Cornwall. It is
: simply in her possession, in a safe at
: Clarence House; and maybe one day she will
: wear it.
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: It is a shame that the Official Visits that
: TRHs The Prince of Wales and Duchess of
: Cornwall undertake, no longer include any
: tiara banquets or official dinners, as these
: would be the perfect occasions to wear this
: tiara; which is less imposing that 'The
: Greville Tiara' that HRH seems to favour for
: the grand state events.
:
: --Previous Message--
: ...not at a grand public occasion where
: photographers were present at least.
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: --Previous Message--
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: I don't think it has been worn by her.
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: --Previous Message--
: According to page 122 of The Queen's
: Diamonds,
: the Duchess of Teck's wild rose and crescent
: tiara was loaned to the Duchess of Cornwall.
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: So far - to my knowledge - we've only seen
: Camilla with the Delhi Durbar and the
: Boucheron Greville tiara. Does anyone know
: of the occasion on which DoC wore the
: Duchess of Teck's tiara?
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