# The World's 15 Wealthiest Royals
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 23, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006 "2008-08-23T07:25:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/1 "2008-08-23T07:25:18Z")
The list is [here](http://www.forbes.com/global/2008/0901/038.html). Top of the list is the king of Thailand, reportedly worth US$35 billion. Queen Elizabeth ranks 12th at $650 million. Related stories [here](http://www.forbes.com/global/2008/0901/032.html) and [here](http://www.forbes.com/home_asia/2008/08/20/worlds-richest-royals-biz-richroyals08-cz_ts_0820royalintro.html).
However, Thailand disputes this. Story [here](http://asia.news.yahoo.com/080822/afp/080822170415asiapacificnews.html). Anything I have to say on the matter could net me 15 years in the poky, so I’ll make no comment. I can point out, however, that at least one of the linked stories points out the king’s net worth has always been shrouded in secrecy. They seriously _do not_ like people delving into stuff like this.
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/2 "2008-08-23T11:25:34Z")
I thought Queen Latifah would make the list.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/3 "2008-08-23T13:14:58Z")
Wow. Prince Albert is on the list. A friend of mine knows him.
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### Author:  [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2008, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/4 "2008-08-23T13:37:00Z")
I’m curious–what’s the Thai government’s motive for crying poor? An excess of “aw shucks, tweren’t nothing” modesty?
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### Author:  [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/5 "2008-08-23T15:28:50Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad]
Wow. Prince Albert is on the list. A friend of mine knows him.
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Pft, that’s nothing. A bunch of my friends have ones of their _own._
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### Author:  [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/6 "2008-08-23T20:30:47Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad]
Wow. Prince Albert is on the list. A friend of mine knows him.
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I thought he lived in a can – surprising he’s on the list.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/7 "2008-08-24T05:25:40Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose]
I’m curious–what’s the Thai government’s motive for crying poor? An excess of “aw shucks, tweren’t nothing” modesty?
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No, they simply do not like their royals scrutinized in any way whatsoever, lest someone say or do something that gives offense, no matter how inadvertently. You would not believe the little things that have gotten taken all out of proportion and ended up giving offense. I dare not give any examples.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/8 "2008-08-24T05:26:54Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim]
I thought he lived in a can – surprising he’s on the list.
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They let him out after someone made a phone call.
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### Author:  [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/9 "2008-08-25T03:28:34Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam]
No, they simply do not like their royals scrutinized in any way whatsoever, lest someone say or do something that gives offense, no matter how inadvertently. You would not believe the little things that have gotten taken all out of proportion and ended up giving offense. I dare not give any examples.
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Ah, the Inscrutable Orient. It’s all about losing face.
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### Author:  [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2008, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/10 "2008-08-26T09:46:18Z")
I thought the Sultan of Brunei was ther richest.
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### Author:  [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/11 "2008-08-26T11:03:27Z")
huh, Emperor Akihito didn’t make the list. I guess the Imperial Palace isn’t considered his then, since the value of that much property smack in the center of Tokyo would put him on top by a wide margin.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/12 "2008-08-26T11:33:35Z")
[QUOTE=Lust4Life]
I thought the Sultan of Brunei was ther richest.
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Well, he’s no.4, so maybe he made some bad investments.
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### Author:  [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/13 "2008-08-26T12:13:46Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad]
Well, he’s no.4, so maybe he made some bad investments.
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Well thats the last time I lend him money then.
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### Author:  [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/14 "2008-08-26T13:18:03Z")
I was thinking Jose Guillen, followed by Gil Meche…
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/15 "2008-08-26T16:34:02Z")
[QUOTE=Lust4Life]
I thought the Sultan of Brunei was ther richest.
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Not anymore. In fact, he probably never was. _Forbes_ managed to do some, ah, digging in Thailand and unearthed quit a bit.
I happen to know the guy largely responsible for the Thailand part. They agreed to keep his name off of it, because he still wants to live and work here. Or at least he did; he just accepted a lucrative job offer in Jakarta today.
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### Author:  [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/16 "2008-08-26T18:17:11Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam]
Not anymore. In fact, he probably never was. _Forbes_ managed to do some, ah, digging in Thailand and unearthed quit a bit.
I happen to know the guy largely responsible for the Thailand part. They agreed to keep his name off of it, because he still wants to live and work here. Or at least he did; he just accepted a lucrative job offer in Jakarta today.
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Whats going on there at the moment **SAM**?
Is it a revolution or what?
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-15-wealthiest-royals/461006/17 "2008-08-26T18:23:24Z")
[QUOTE=Lust4Life]
Whats going on there at the moment **SAM**?
Is it a revolution or what?
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No, just a bunch of ignorant louts. I have a thread on the situation [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=480980).