Inside The Royal Family s 28 Billion Fortune, Forbes
After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle s devastating interview with Oprah Winfrey on March 7, The Firm is on shaky ground. The senior members of the House of Windsor should have seen the tectonic consequences coming. I dont know how they could expect that after all of this time, Markle told Winfrey, we would still just be silent if there is an active role that The Firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us. The menacing moniker dates back more than 80 years to the period following the most divisive episode in modern royal historythe 1936 abdication of Edward VIII. Alternatively attributed to Queen Elizabeth IIs father, King George VI, who succeeded his older brother, and her husband, Prince Philip, the darkly accurate nickname for the senior members of the family stuck. The Firmalso known as Monarchy PLCare the public faces of a 28 billion empire that pumps hundreds of millions of pounds into the United Kingdoms economy every year. The lavish televised weddings
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