{"id":334291,"date":"2017-11-09T21:44:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T20:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/queen-should-give-her-offshore-cash-to-grenfell-residents-kensington-labour-mp-says-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2017-11-09T21:44:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T20:44:36","slug":"queen-should-give-her-offshore-cash-to-grenfell-residents-kensington-labour-mp-says-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/queen-should-give-her-offshore-cash-to-grenfell-residents-kensington-labour-mp-says-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen should give her offshore cash to Grenfell residents, Kensington Labour MP says \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 9 Nov, 2017 17:26 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        Queen Elizabeth II should give the money her estate invested offshore to desperate residents of Grenfell Tower, says Labour MP Emma Dent Coad following revelations about the British monarch\u2019s financial affairs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/408880-paradise-papers-queen-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.11\/thumbnail\/5a0029adfc7e936f308b456d.jpg\" alt=\"Queen Elizabeth \u00a9 Global Look Press\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dent Coad said the revelations \u2013 outlined in the Paradise Papers released on Sunday \u2013 shed a light on the massive gap between the rich and poor. She called on the Queen to intervene as head of state to help bridge the gap, especially in light of findings that her royal estate invested millions into Cayman Island and Bermuda funds between 2004 and 2005. To make matters worse, part of the \u00a310 million (US$13 million) invested went to retailer BrightHouse, which has been criticized for exploiting poor families.<\/p>\n<p>Dent Coad, who is responsible for the constituency which includes Kensington Palace, but also the charred-down Grenfell Tower, mirrored Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s criticism of the monarch in light of the recent revelations, saying: <em>\u201cThe Paradise Papers reveal the extent to which the richest continue to prosper at our expense.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rOCOvrMHX_c\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt is an old saying but it is a true one: there is one rule for the super-rich and one rule for the rest of us,\u201d<\/em> the vocal republican said, according to the Huffington Post.<\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cIt is shameful that millions of pounds from the Queen\u2019s private estate has been sent offshore whilst some in my constituency line up at food banks.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/393562-prince-harry-king-republican\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.06\/thumbnail\/594b977bc361886f4e8b4655.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 \u00a0\u00a0Reuters\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cThe fact that some of this money has been invested in the retailer BrightHouse \u2013 which has been criticized for exploiting thousands of poor families and vulnerable people \u2013 is also particularly insulting. I hope that the Duchy of Lancaster will reconsider this practice and withdraw from the alleged Cayman scheme,\u201d<\/em> she added.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDecent people pay their taxes, give to charity, and consider investing in British industry rather than squirreling funds abroad. Perhaps some of this money could be used to assist those still left without a home, without food and warm clothing, and who are now losing hope after the Grenfell Tower fire.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time the Labour MP hits out at the royals. Most recently, she accused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/404727-royal-queen-cheat-labour\/\">Prince Philip <\/a>of cheating on the Queen, while also discrediting Prince Harry\u2019s military career.<\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cHarry can\u2019t even fly a helicopter. He tried to pass the helicopter exam about four times and he couldn\u2019t get through it at all so he always goes for the co-pilot<\/em>,\u201d she is quoted by the Sun as telling activists. <em>\u201cSo he just sits there going \u2018vroom vroom.\u2019\u201d<\/em> She also said Harry and his brother William were \u201cnot very bright\u201d and that they should be allowed to <em>\u201cdrift away, be playboys or whatever.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In September, the anti-monarchy MP accused the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge of being<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/404649-kate-william-royal-ridiculous\/\"> \u201cridiculous,\u201d <\/a>and called for their public funding to be scrapped. But that was only after she had a go at Kate Middleton by<a> comparing the Duchess of Cambridge <\/a>and her family to American reality TV show stars the Kardashians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/409387-queen-offshore-grenfell-coad\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 9 Nov, 2017 17:26 Queen Elizabeth II should give the money her estate invested offshore to desperate residents of Grenfell Tower, says Labour MP Emma Dent Coad following revelations about the British monarch\u2019s financial affairs. Read more Dent Coad said the revelations \u2013 outlined in the Paradise Papers released on Sunday \u2013 shed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":333784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-334291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=334291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=334291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=334291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=334291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}