Overview
- The figure, reported Sunday from new roundups of the Sunday Times 2025 Rich List, places the King among Britain’s wealthiest individuals.
- The Sovereign Grant is his main funding source and it comes from profits of the Crown Estate that the Treasury allocates for official work.
- For 2025–26, his grant topped $176.6 million to cover staff costs, property upkeep and thousands of official events rather than his personal accounts.
- Private income from the Duchy of Lancaster fed the Privy Purse with more than $38 million in 2024–25 to support his estates at Sandringham and Balmoral.
- Following Prince Andrew’s recent arrest, the King issued a statement pledging full cooperation and ordered Andrew to leave Royal Lodge, which he has long leased, as Andrew denies wrongdoing.