Chapter 342: Down-and-Out Aristocrats

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The front desk of the Hilton Hotel received numerous complaints that night, and it was not until three o'clock in the morning that the front desk manager could not bear to find the guest staying in room 5808, and the situation was much better.

After Jin Muchen saw off the room manager, he returned to the bed, where a snow-white and plump delicate body was waiting for him.

Diana fluttered her big blue eyes, looking at this woman whose demeanor was extremely similar to that of the late princess, Jin Muchen couldn't help but feel a little confused in time and space.

He turned around and lay down on the bed, the woman wrapped up, the snow-white plump arm touched his chest, and Jin Muchen's hand climbed on the top of the delicate peak that no man could control, stretched out his hand and turned it upside down, soft, but the weight was not light at all, no wonder people like to call the British John Bull, hehe, their women are really cow-level......

This night can be regarded as a face for us Chinese, the taste of this bombardment of John Bull, not to mention how wonderful it is.

In the brute buffalo, there is no escape from the experience of being conquered by spears and cannons, and now this bison, this has become a tame cow.

"Honey, who was it just now?"

"The room manager, someone just screamed too loudly, and the guest complained helplessly, he could only find me to complain, let me take care of my own cows......"

Jin Muchen said with a serious face, and gently pinched the softness in her hand after speaking, Diana was not only not embarrassed at all, but also said proudly.

"It's pure organic food. and grown under the stimulation of pure natural growth hormone. No implant ......"

Apparently she was proud of her figure. Jin Muchen turned his head and kissed her lightly on the forehead.

"Honey, I don't understand, why me? Why are you so enthusiastic about me, I've heard that the ladies of England are not all very ladylike? Especially a lady like you who came from an aristocratic background? ”

"Whew! …… ...... aristocratic lady? ”

Diana doesn't seem to agree with her identity, especially the word noble, which makes her seem to have a lot of grievances out of thin air.

Jin Muchen didn't know how to resolve her sudden grievances, so she could only remain silent. At the same time, he stretched out his hand to keep roaming on her delicate body, soothing her emotions.

It was a long moment before Diana spoke.

"Are you curious why I'm so enthusiastic about you?"

"Yes, I'm really weird."

"Well, I hope you won't be upset after listening to it. Actually, the reason why this is the case is because I think you are very much like a person, one of my classmates at Royal Westminster, who is also from China. He was my first man. Later, for various reasons, he went to school in the United States. And his family doesn't seem to allow him to marry an English woman, not to mention that woman is still a broken British aristocrat, even if I chase him to the United States......"

At this, Diana suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became strange.

Jin Muchen originally wanted to listen to the woman say some compliments such as being handsome enough to satisfy his arrogance, but he thought that he was just a substitute in the eyes of others, not to mention how uncomfortable this feeling was.

And Diana seemed to remember a lot of sad things in the past because of that past, and then she shut up and didn't speak.

After a while, Diana pulled her hand out of Jin Muchen's body, then turned her back to Jin Muchen, and after a while, Jin Muchen heard a burst of snoring from her side.

It seems that the previous battle had exhausted her, otherwise with the awkward atmosphere just now, if she could leave, I am afraid she would not have spent the night here at all.

Jin Muchen was also in a bad mood at this time, and he didn't have the heart to lie on the same bed with this woman who had different dreams.

After getting out of bed and washing up, he didn't feel tired at all, but fortunately he booked a luxury suite, and there was another room in the suite.

He went directly into this room, but he couldn't fall asleep when he was lying on the bed, and the more he thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and there seemed to be something in Diana's words just now.

So he picked up the computer and began to Google the gossip of the Windsor family, which really found a lot of interesting things.

It turned out that the title of Duke of Kent was first given to Prince George, the youngest son of Queen Victoria's grandson and Queen George V and Queen Mary.

Speaking of Prince George, who was named the Duke of Kent, not many people may know, but if you talk about his eldest brother, Edward VIII, who does not love the country and loves beauty, I am afraid no one will know.

After the abdication of Edward VIII, it was George VI who succeeded to the throne, and after the death of this king, it was now Queen Elizabeth who succeeded to the throne.

Therefore, the current Duke of Kent and the queen should be an uncle, and the current queen should be Diana's distant aunt and grandmother in the room according to her age.

It stands to reason that this relationship is not too far away, but why would Diana say that she herself is a broken British aristocrat?

Jin Muchen checked the relationship table of the British royal family, and then quickly figured out why Diana said this.

It turns out that since the British royal family handed over all the power to Parliament, they have ostensibly become the mascots of Britain, but they have a large family, which used to be able to borrow money from the treasury to maintain the family expenses.

But what happens when all the power is handed over to the public?

Now the British government spends a 'royal fee' every year to maintain the expenses of this large family, but the distribution of this expenditure is also graded.

The cost of this royal fee is divided into three levels, and the distribution of work is, of course, carried out by the queen herself.

The first level is, of course, the Queen and her wife, who are able to receive £55.4 million a year from the government in 'royal fees' for various royal expenses.

Plus more than 22,000 pieces of fine jewelry that their family has kept for themselves. and the Cornish Territory. There is also the Duchy of Blue Kester. There are also their Balmoral Castle in Scotland, Windsor Castle in London, as well as the Ascot Royal Race Sale, Sandrim Royal Estate and other territories.

No matter how you look at it, this family is a big family that is rich enough to rival the country.

Originally, the queen family enjoyed three privileges in the UK, one was to enjoy various state subsidies, and the other was to accept gifts from others casually. The third and most important one is tax exemption.

However, since 1991, the British government has passed the Royal Reform Act, and since then the royal family has also had to pay taxes.

As a result, the royal castles and territories that were supposed to lay golden eggs have become a tax nightmare for the royal family, who have to pay £13.3 billion in property taxes every year for their more than 360 properties alone.

Therefore, the life of the Windsor family can no longer be as prosperous as before, of course, this is on the surface, after all, they can still receive a huge amount of 'royal fees' from the government every year. And there are a lot of other 'grey' incomes.

But for the royal family, especially many members of the royal family who are not in the lineage. This 'royal fee' has become an important income for all members of the British royal family, and it was previously said that the income of the British royal family should be divided into three levels.

The first tier is the Queen and her wife, who receive £55.4 million a year from the government in royal fees, which they then distribute to the royal family members at each of the following levels.

The second level is, of course, the Queen's four children, the current Crown Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward.

As for the third level, it is a distant relative like Diana, Duke of Kent.

Of course, the queen and her direct children, they all have other sources of income, such as equity dividends of some large companies, or other income that cannot see the light of day, but for a declining distant relative like the Duke of Kent, this royal fee is one of their few sources of income.

Jin Muchen checked carefully, in fact, the royal fees distributed to distant relatives of Diana's level every year are not very much.

People of their level, if they have their own business, or means of livelihood, then life may not be too difficult, if there is no means of livelihood, only rely on this royal fee every year, if they don't like luxury, just live a plain life, it is enough, if they like luxury, then that money, maybe not enough for them to go out once.

In fact, a family like the Duke of Kent, as a veteran royal member, will definitely have some family background, even if he doesn't rely on the royal fee and doesn't work, his life shouldn't be too sad.

It's a pity that the Duke of Kent's family in the room, the history of their family, is a little unlucky.

At the time of King George V's death, the Duke of Kent inherited about £750,000 from his father, which is roughly equivalent to £22 million today.

At that time, it was also a wealthy family, but it is a pity that the duke died suddenly in a plane crash in 1942.

After that, the Duke of Kent's family gradually declined, and his children gave up their aristocratic status and took away a lot of family property, leaving only a vain name to the family, and a small and pitiful family background.

So much so that the Duchess of Kent finally had to rely on the auction to make a living, which shows how poor the Duke of Kent's family is.

Later, the previous Duke of Kent was still a waste with polio, because he had no property and could not go out to work, so that the queen had to allocate 92,000 pounds a year from her royal fee to support this distant cousin.

The current Duke of Kent, Diana is the daughter of the previous Duke of Kent, the current Duke of Kent, no wonder she would say that she is a down-and-out British nobleman.

Come to think of it, it's really rare for a close relative of the queen to fall into such a situation, 9. £20,000 is indeed a bit shabby for such a ducal family. (To be continued......)