Corbyn Says Queen's Offshore Investments Should Be Probed
- Paradise Papers showed royal holdings in Cayman Islands fund
- U.K. Labour leader says public inquiry should cover everybody
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U.K. opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said an inquiry into offshore investments and tax evasion that he’s calling for should also cover Queen Elizabeth II’s holdings.
The monarch found her financial arrangements splashed over British newspaper front pages Monday after leaked information, known as the Paradise Papers, from Bermuda law firm Appleby Group Services Ltd. showed she had made a series of investments in a Cayman Islands fund through the British Royal Family’s private estate, the Duchy of Lancaster.