Before the Golden Jubilee Celebration, Barron was summoned by Her Majesty the Queen.
This is not the first time that Barron has come to Buckingham Palace. To be precise, it is the memory of his predecessor. He has accompanied his father several times in some royal celebrations, but it must be the first time that he has been received by the queen in person.
In other words, if it were not for the only heir left by Baron in the Dukes of Devin Hill, it would be difficult for him to be summoned by Her Majesty when he had not been officially granted the title of duke at this time.
Although it has been expected for a long time, he can't help sighing when the reality is in front of Barron.
The truth is that the queen didn't summon him for a long time, and she almost showed up and chatted a few words.
On the one hand, the content of the chat expressed regret for the recent encounter of the Duke of Devinhill's family. The Queen said that she had planned to attend the funeral of their family in person, but she was really inseparable, so she sent His Majesty the Crown Prince of Wales to the place.
In Barron's view, the reason for this is probably that it is now the golden jubilee celebration of the 50th anniversary of the queen's accession to the throne. Therefore, not only herself, but also the people around her will certainly not support the queen to attend such a funeral - not to mention that although the queen looks energetic, she is also 76 years old after all...
She specifically mentioned the old lady of the Duke of Devin Hill--
"I heard her name when I was young. Later, I talked to her at several parties. After so many years, it's really sad to hear the news of the death of my old friend."
In addition, the queen also said that she would personally confer the honor of Baron as duke at the ceremony.
As for the rest, it's gone.
The meaning of this is obvious, that is, she also knows the situation of the Duke of Devin Hill's family at this time. If the family can survive this crisis, they deserve it.
But if Barron can't get through this crisis, I'm afraid they can't help.
Barron did not have much illusion about this. After all, it is obvious that since World War II, the most obvious point of successive British governments is that they have constantly restrained and restricted the aristocracy. Even in the new century, they have begun to point this weakening to the royal family.
In this case, in order to maintain the relationship with the government, it is impossible for the royal family to support the nobles too obviously.
And again, after World War I and World War II, until now, countless British noble families have been submerged in the long river of history. In view of this situation, the royal family is not willing to intervene.
After all, I will help you this time. Do you want to help other noble families next time? Although there are only more than 20 non-royal duke families, there are so many others, including marquis, counts, viscounts, etc. If you really intervene this time, I'm afraid there will be no peace of life in the future.
Therefore, they regret the matter of the Duke of Devin Hill's family, but they still stand on the sidelines.
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This meeting with the Queen is also the process before the official start of the "Golden Jubilee Celebration" tomorrow. In addition to Barren representing the Duke of Devinhill family, many other nobles and celebrity dignitaries have also been received by the Queen.
It's better to ask for yourself than to ask for a job. Barron has had such an awareness for a long time, so after returning to the apartment, he immediately began to study the next bet.
He did not bet in today's game. After all, the World Cup will last for a month, and he can't bet on every game. In that case, it would be too obvious and high-profile.
And it's not that he can still remember the results of all the games now. He is more impressed, and he only accounts for about one-fifth of it.
However, he still has some impressions about tomorrow's games, because there are Argentina and England in those games.
The Asahi World Cup is one of the few World Cups in which Argentina does not have a group stage. Their Group F has four teams: Nigeria, England, Sweden and Argentina.
Nigeria, the African Eagles, is a traditional strong team in Africa; England is also a traditional European strong team; the strength of the Swedish team is not weak, and in addition, the Campas Eagles Argentina, this group can be said to be a group of death.
In the end, Argentina won one win, one draw and one loss and scored four points, and was eliminated by the other two teams, England and Sweden, who also had one win and two draws...
In tomorrow's game, Argentina will defeat Nigeria, and England will draw with Sweden. These two games, especially the latter one, can be bet on...
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Although the last meeting could be said to have parted unhappily, after Barron was received by the queen, Yulia visited him again.
After hearing from him about the process of the Queen's reception with him today and asking for some details, Yulia sighed:
"Even if they can say hello to those banks, but now it's like this. Everyone always blames the nobles, so the royal family is very cautious in this regard."
"What's the attitude of those banks now?"
Hearing Barron's question, Yulia shrugged her shoulders:
"Fortunately, we still have time. The earliest loan to expire is only two months later. However, within this year, a total of more than 15 million pounds of loans will expire. If we can't solve the problem of losses well before, well, at least give the other party a little confidence. I'm afraid even if you want to extend the loan, It's not that easy."
"How much money do we need to solve in two months?"
"Two months later, Barclays' £2 million loan is about to expire. This money is part of our assets in London that we mortgaged at that time, so we either give up these assets, or we have to find a way to sell some other assets to raise funds, but in this period, many of them are not The price of movable property can't be sold, and the property in London has even fallen a lot in the past six months.
It can be said that the large-scale Internet bubble crisis last year had an impact on the global economy. After all, the U.S. stock market has suffered a lot. The Nasdaq index has fallen nearly 80% from the peak, and it is still in a continuous downturn.
As the most important part of world finance, the crisis in the United States has spread to the world and also started the decline of the European economy.
"Of course, Lord, the first thing for you now is to find a way to pay the inheritance tax and complete the inheritance procedures for the family title and assets."
Before leaving, Yulia said:
"In addition, London will be very lively in the recent period, but you still need to pay great attention, especially at night, don't appear in nightclubs or any carnival parties... Once you are targeted by those gossip tabloids and then reported, I'm afraid the negative impact will be very big..."
It is also because of the large losses of the family trust fund that for Barron, the inheritance tax required to inherit these assets has been reduced a lot...
Because of the tax-free nature of the trust fund, after calculation, he has to pay less than two million pounds of inheritance tax at this time.
You know, more than half a century ago, his grandfather faced an inheritance tax of up to 7 million pounds...
This can also be seen from one side the decline of the Duke of Devin Hill at this time