Scottish Greens table amendment to scrap king’s stamp duty exemption

King Charles personally owns more than 80 houses in Scotland on his extensive private estates, including Balmoral. Photograph: AJB/Alamy

Opposition politicians in Scotland have called for King Charles to lose his unique exemption from paying stamp duty on his property transactions.

The Scottish Green party has tabled changes to a housing bill which would require the king to pay tax on any new property he buys in Scotland in the same way as all other property buyers would.