This video traces how the Windsors’ glittering fortune — from palaces, land and tax-free inheritances to billion-dollar estates passed from Elizabeth II to Charles and now William — is rooted in the British Empire’s expansion, the transatlantic slave trade, and centuries of exploitation whose financial benefits still cushion the monarchy today. As it connects royal-backed slave companies, compensation paid to former slave owners (not the enslaved), modern taxpayer-funded refurbishments and growing Caribbean demands for apologies and reparations, let us watch the video to see how this “empire of dirt” challenges the comforting myths around the royal family’s wealth.