"A spokesperson for the Crown Estate said: 'Unlike the Duchy of Cornwall, The Crown Estate manages land and seabed on behalf of the nation and is required to generate a return for the public purse, meaning we cannot provide the use of our land or property at a cost to taxpayers.
Strangely enough amongst others they also charge Government departments, Councils, the NHS, Armed Forces, Colleges, Prisons etc
So they take money from tax payer funded departments in order to 'make a profit' and are exempt from most taxes like CGT and Corporation Tax...
Yet still claim to be run on a commercial basis...
Maybe you could tell us whether you think the Army should be forced to pay for using UK land to train for the defence of the UK?
After all it is in theory state land...
And one NHS trust is being charged over £11m to store ambulances!
In addition the level of profit made by the Crown Estate is used as a benchmark to calculate the funding given by the government to the Royal Family in the form of the Sovereign Grant, which of course is rising...
So the taxpayer helps produce a profit and then taxpayer money is handed back to the royals...
If you can't see how perverse the system is, then there is no hope for you!