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This is CBS I In The World. I'm John Bebsh with Quirkery Coply, my friend and colleague,

editor and publisher of Defense and Foreign Affairs. He is on Australia National, therefore,

part of the Commonwealth. I am an American National and outside the Commonwealth, but I observe.

And the coronation is momentary on Saturday in London. The ceremony will be elaborate. However,

we have other information coming in about the king that is fresh to me. This is CBS news reporting

that if you add up all of the property and artwork and automobiles and assumptions of debt,

the king at his coronation is said to be worth $2.3 billion. Strikingly, however,

the vast numbers there are real estate, such as the Duchy of Lancaster, which is worth $820 million.

And Balmoral and Sandra Graham castles worth $415 million. The jewels themselves are

sizeable, $670 million. But Gregory, I come to this because none of this is particularly

sellable. In other words, you really couldn't convert it. I suppose somewhere there might be some

fantastic version of Ernst Blowfeld of Spectre who would put down a check for the

crown jewels. But the king's worth seems to be taking care of all these properties.

And that's what he must devote himself to, the management of real estate that he's never going to sell.

He has a stamp collection, racehorses, and artwork. Again, not saleable at $190 million.

The only thing I could see him moving easily would be his collection of rules,

voices, and bentleys, and other vehicles for $8 million. But even then, there would be a great

protest. So, is it understood in the Commonwealth that the king is an ordinary well-to-do man,

not one of the earth's billionaires? Well, I think money, as you say, plays very little role

in what King Charles has to do and will have to do. He's stuck with the infrastructure, which,

as you say, he can't sell. That's face of 2.8 billion pounds or so. And I believe it's much more than

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