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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

Cash and the crown estate: a look at the British monarchy’s funding deal

Crown estate property, Regents Park, London
Crown estate property, Regents Park, London, England. Photograph: Peter Lane/Alamy

King Charles has declared that profits from a £1bn-a-year deal to lease offshore windfarms will be used for the “wider public good”, weeks after citing the cost-of-living crisis in his Christmas Day speech. The funds come from the crown estate. Here, we look at the body and how it functions.

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