THE QUEEN has her own shopping park full of high-street giants reopening today, months after the country was put into lockdown. 

The Queen owns half the UK shoreline, all of the swans on the River Thames, and about £13m worth of huge and historic property in the UK - which is managed by The Crown Estate, owned by the 'reigning monarch' (currently Queen Elizabeth II). 

Part of that is the Banbury Gateway Shopping Park. 

Inside the retail park is a branch of Primark, Next, Marks and Spencer, Outfit, Superdrug and McDonald's.

The Crown Estate also owns part of the Westgate Centre - which is run by the Westgate Oxford Alliance (made up of the Crown Estate and Land Securities).

It is not private property - it cannot be sold by the monarch and all the money from it does not go to the Queen directly, it is just looked after by the Royals. 

The profit made, from fees, is paid to the Treasury every year.

Read more: The Westgate Centre is reopening, can I use the toilet? 

In 1760 George III made an agreement with the Government at the time over the estate.

The Crown Lands would be managed on behalf of the government and the money would go to the Treasury, in return, the King would get a fixed annual payment - later known as the Civil List.

That changed along with some of the finer details into the Sovereign Grant which means that 15 percent of the profits paid to the Treasury from The Crown Estate are used for the Queen's official duties and upkeep of her homes. 

Last summer the Crown Estate announced it had returned a record £343.5m of income to the Treasury.