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What if instead of just granting a Royal Charter for a trading company to do business in India, the British Monarchy under Elizabeth I funded the enterprise with a 50% stake in the business thus getting half the future profits of the company instead of just the tax?
Would this be plausible?
What would the income be to the HM Treasury over the length of the BIC's charter until the company's demise?