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The Shadow Chancellor of the British Cabinet called on the Queen of England to release her financial information in the wake of the Paradise Papers leak, after the monarchy's private estate was shown to be connected to offshore tax havens.
In an interview with
The Independent, John McDonnell of the UK Labor Party, who serves as the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the monarch must release her financial records to the public.
His statement comes in the wake of the so-called Paradise Papers leak that, among other things, has shown that the Queen's private estate, the Duchy of Lancaster, invested millions of dollars in offshore companies that are primarily seen as a method of avoiding taxes.
According to McDonnell, the leak details a "the culture of tax-avoidance" has "permeated everywhere."
Not directly accusing the monarch of making the decisions that squirreled her family's money away in offshore tax havens, McDonnell instead blamed the Queen's financial advisors, who have "badly embarrassed her," and, in particular, demanded an apology from Sir Patrick McLoughlin, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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