Not really. It means any inheritage that does not have a heir to claim it, goes to the crown. Not the state but the crown. And while they claim to use it to presvere cultural sites, they use it on commercial estates that give profit returns to the crown.
Imagine your inheritage being used to pay the upkeep for a privately owned shopping mall, instead of going to the public park next to it.
So it’s basically a tax being used to help preserve buildings. Hardly “profit” that the guardian pushes with their headline
Not really. It means any inheritage that does not have a heir to claim it, goes to the crown. Not the state but the crown. And while they claim to use it to presvere cultural sites, they use it on commercial estates that give profit returns to the crown.
Imagine your inheritage being used to pay the upkeep for a privately owned shopping mall, instead of going to the public park next to it.