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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jillian Ambrose

King Charles to adjust takings from crown estate as windfarm profits soar

King Charles visiting St Ives in Cornwall last Thursday.
King Charles visiting St Ives in Cornwall last Thursday. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/AFP/Getty Images

Ministers have overhauled how profits from the crown estate are shared between King Charles and the taxpayer, before a multibillion-pound windfall from Britain’s offshore windfarms.

The Treasury said it would halve the proportion of the estate’s profits paid to the royal household through the sovereign grant, which will fall from 25% in recent years to 12% from next year.

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