TAXATION OF QUEEN
Motion Before Commons f N.Z.P.A .-Reuter—Copyright* LONDON. April 27. The Queen should pay surtax on her income of £475.000 a year, says a motion tabled in the House of Commons last night. The motion proposes that the Royal income should be subject to death duties. It was tabled by a Labour member of Parliament. Mr Emyrs Hughes. Mr Hughes said that he had every sympathy with the Queen, in her position, but he thought that as other citizens had the privilege of paying income tax and surtax. the Queen should be pleased to do it too. An American magazine last year ranked the Queen third in a list of the world’s 10 wealthiest women and estimated her fortune about 150 million dollars (about £53 million).
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19610428.2.221
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume C, Issue 29499, 28 April 1961, Page 21
Word Count
128TAXATION OF QUEEN Press, Volume C, Issue 29499, 28 April 1961, Page 21
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in