Latimer Road fire: Huge fire engulfs west London tower block

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good article here in the new york times and also read the 400 comments very insightful.


https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/24/w...mentsContainer

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Ps. The Queen donated nothing to the victims nor gave any offer of temporary housing even though she is one the largest property owners in the UK.
Now that is fucked up.

A Reuters analysis of royal assets shows that the British monarchy has had a bumper few decades by benefiting from a rise in house and land prices.
According to a Reuters estimate based on the monarchy's interests in its key investment vehicle, royal estates and its trove of treasures, the British monarchy has nominal assets worth about 22.8 billion pounds ($34.8 billion).