萬萬沒想到 歐洲最富王室居然是它

The Queen might enjoy the use of Buckingham Palace but her estimated fortune of £295m pales in comparison to the £30bn fortune of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.

英國女皇或許很享受在白金漢宮的生活，但她的財產(chǎn)(2億9500萬鎊)卻比泰國國王普密蓬•阿杜德(300億英鎊)遜色。

Indeed, the British royals aren't even close to being the world's wealthiest, with the princely families of Dubai, Brunei, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia all among those with super-sized bank balances.

事實上，英國皇室離世界上最富有的皇室還差得遠呢。迪拜、文萊、阿布扎比和沙特阿拉伯王室的銀行賬本上的數(shù)字都大的驚人。

But while the vast wealth of the Middle East's potentates is no secret, in Europe, the ruling dynasties are slightly poorer - but not by much.

中東統(tǒng)治者們的驚人財富不是秘密，而歐洲王室的財富雖然比不上他們，但也相差不遠。

So which European royal dynasty is the wealthiest? Hint: It isn't the one you might imagine.

那么誰才是歐洲最富有的王室?小提示：不是你想的那個哦。

THE RICHEST – LICHTENSTEIN

最富有王室——列支敦士登

With an estimated £4.9bn fortune according to Forbes magazine, the ruling dynasty of tiny Lichtenstein is by far and away Europe's wealthiest.

據(jù)《福布斯》雜志報道，歐洲小國列支敦士登的統(tǒng)治者以49億英鎊的財富在歐洲遙遙領(lǐng)先。

Led by patriarch Prince Hans-Adam II, nearly all of the family's wealth comes from banking, although the royal clan also has significant land holdings and a vast art collection.

盡管持有大量土地和藝術(shù)品，以大公漢斯•亞當二世為首的列支敦士登王室的幾乎全部財產(chǎn)都來自銀行業(yè)。

Nevertheless, most of the money comes from the LGT Group, the largest family-owned private banking and asset management company in the world, which currently has an estimated $40bn of investments worldwide and is headquartered in Lichtenstein's capital Vaduz.

不過，大部分資金來自LGT集團。該集團是世界最大的由家庭持有的私人銀行和財產(chǎn)管理公司，總部設(shè)在列支敦士登首都瓦杜茲。它目前在世界范圍內(nèi)擁有約400億美元的投資。

Much of the day-to-day running of the fund is handled by Hans-Adam's younger brother Prince Philipp and second son Maxmillian, which frees him up to concentrate on Lichtenstein itself.

漢斯•亞當?shù)拇巫玉R克西米利安和弟弟菲利普王子負責資金的日常管理，而大公本人則可以專注于國家事務(wù)。

The 69-year-old royal has led the world's wealthiest country since 1989 when his father Franz Joseph IIabdicated but is not funded by the Lichtenstein taxpayer - leading him to joke that he has to work hard in the morning to be able to afford to reign in the afternoon.

自1989年弗朗茨•約瑟夫二世退位以來，現(xiàn)年69歲的漢斯•亞當一直統(tǒng)治著這個世界上最富裕的國家。他并不由該國的納稅人供養(yǎng)，因此他曾開玩笑說自己必須上午辛勤工作才能維持下午的統(tǒng)治。

Hans-Adam is married to Countess Marie Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau with whom he has five children - some of whom are now employed in the family business.

漢斯•亞當?shù)钠拮邮蔷S希尼茨和泰陶的女伯爵瑪麗•金斯基。他們共有5個孩子，其中的幾位在為家族產(chǎn)業(yè)工作。