On 03/05/15 09:32, gareth wrote:
"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Mr Pounder Esquire" writes:
Their castles, not our castles. Their palaces, not our palaces.

The only ones which are theirs are Balmoral Castle and Sandringham House.
All the others are owned by the British state.

But the British State is a monarchy.


There is a distinction to be drawn between 'the crown' i.e. the state,
and the private person who is the monarch.