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Prince William switches to WhatsApp for royal correspondence

Royal sources have revealed a generational shift in internal communications

The Independent UK

'The year of Charles's no clothes': A look back on the King's 2023

FOR the first time in 70 years, the UK witnessed the coronation of a monarch in 2023.

The National (Scotland)

Why some people from the north of England end up leaving everything to King Charles when they die

What connects an ex-miner and lifelong republican, who once manned the protest lines at Orgreave, with King Charles III? The surprising answer, as the Guardian reported, is that the ex-miner’s estate now forms part of a fund which generates private income for the monarch.

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The Guardian view on King Charles and the Duchy of Lancaster: feudalism reigns in the north-west

Editorial: The secret exploitation of dead people’s assets to upgrade the monarch’s estate must come to an end

The Guardian - UK

King's estate to transfer funds after 'collecting money from the dead'

KING Charles’s estate has announced it will transfer more than £100 million into ethical investment funds following backlash when it was revealed…

The National (Scotland)

King’s estate to transfer £100m into ethical funds after bona vacantia revelations

Exclusive: Duchy of Lancaster changes investment policy amid questions over how money collected from dead people is used

The Guardian - UK

King’s estate facing questions over £14m in ‘bona vacantia’ not donated to charity

Duchy of Lancaster says money it collects from dead people goes to charity after costs and ‘obligations’, raising questions about sum yet to be donated

The Guardian - UK

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King’s estate collecting assets of the dead is ‘bizarre feudal remnant’, says Andy Burnham

Greater Manchester mayor is calling on government to launch consultation on Duchy of Lancaster’s use of bona vacantia

The Guardian - UK

King Charles 'directly and privately profiting from deaths of citizens', report says

THE King has directly profited from the deaths of thousands of English people, whose money is being used to upgrade his property empire ...

The National (Scotland)

How royal estates use bona vacantia to collect money from dead people

Latin term meaning ‘vacant goods’ relates to people who die without a will or known heirs

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: King Charles secretly profiting from the assets of dead citizens

Exclusive: Assets of thousands of people in north-west England used to upgrade king’s property empire via archaic custom

The Guardian - UK

‘He would turn in his grave’: the dead whose assets went to King Charles’s estate

For those who die with no will or heirs in parts of England, the king’s estate claims their assets. Here are some of their stories

The Guardian - UK

King Charles' estimated wealth 'propelled to almost £2billion' - with eight key assets

According to a new report, which has looked into King Charles' assets including property and other items, his personal fortune is now reportedly worth an estimated £1.815bn

Daily Mirror

A New Report Has Revealed How Much King Charles Is Worth It Truly Is Time To Feast On The Rich

Double it and pass it to the next (more deserving) person.

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The National (Scotland)

Queen Elizabeth and Charles received more than £1bn from property empires

KING Charles and Queen Elizabeth took more than £1 billion in income from two controversial property empires, it has been revealed.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: royals took more than £1bn income from controversial estates

Investigation reveals King Charles and the late queen’s income from duchies grew sixteenfold during Elizabeth’s reign

Evening Standard

Cutbacks, diversity and the end of royal handouts — how King Charles plans to overhaul the monarchy forever

A contemporary ceremony. Military uniform, not outdated-looking breeches and silk stockings. And a shake-up of how the Firm operates to follow. Robert Jobson looks ahead to the coronation and beyond

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