We all know that monarchs do not exactly belong to the poorer half of the world's population. Anything before that. The assets they sit on are extraordinary. How extraordinary and what are the sums that the richest monarchs in the world have under their thumb, below. The numbers will blow you away.
Monarchs occupy a rather unusual place in the modern world. In some parts of the world they are like some wealthy anachronisms, and their powers are regulated by the constitution completely crushed, while in other countries they know nothing but the iron fist of the all-powerful ruling family. However, there is one thing that all monarchs have in common: they are families that may not have existed for centuries, but still own extraordinary wealth. And the funniest thing is that the richest are precisely those families that own smaller countries. A good example of this is Europe, where they home to the richest monarchs in the world.
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The wealth of monarchs cannot be accurately calculated, especially since many of the reigning monarchs they pay no taxes and answer to no one. Their wealth may be personal property or part of a family fortune that has roots that go back several decades ago. Other sources of wealth can be public facilities and property belonging to the reigning monarch's inheritance.
Here is 15 richest monarchs in the world. The sums they are sitting on are astronomical!
Gallery - the richest monarchs in the world
