68 m. ago Royal Family to get £132m funding boost despite making £1.1bn profit

The monarchy is set to receive £132 million in funding in 2026-27 for the second year in a row as Crown Estate net profits for the last financial year again hit £1.1 billion

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70 m. ago Royal train to be decommissioned as monarchy cost the British taxpayer £86.3 million in the last year

Historic asset axed to provide ‘value for money’ as new report outlines the finances of the Royal Family over the past year

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86 m. ago King scraps Royal Train as full cost of monarchy and family is revealed

New figures show how much the Royal Family cost last year - with prices for helicopter travel, foreign visits and running households

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10 h. ago Royal Family have travelled by train for more than 180 years

Queen Victoria commissioned a special pair of coaches built by the London & North Western Railway in 1869 and so began a succession of royal trains.

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10 h. ago Royal train to be retired as King Charles seeks to modernise monarchy

Palace accounts show Treasury finding to remain at £86.3m, while duchy of Cornwall will waive some charity rentsThe royal family’s private “royal train” will be decommissioned as part of King Charles’s drive to modernise the monarchy and reduce costs.The train has been used to transport members of the royal family around Britain’s railway network since 1840, but it has become increasingly costly to maintain and store. Rolling stock from the 1980s would need to be updated for modern railway networks, and two new more fuel-efficient helicopters offer a suitable alternative. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago The monarchy cost the British taxpayer £86.3 million in the last year, figures show

A new report outlines the finances of the Royal Family over the past year

Economics

10 h. ago King Charles axes beloved Royal Train as Royal Family's cost to taxpayer revealed

The King will bid the "fondest of farewells" to the Royal Train after approving its decommissioning next year as the royals' cost to the taxpayer has been revealed

Economics

10 h. ago 'Buckingham Palace pretends royals are prudent with our money – it's utter hogwash'

As the Royal Family's accounts for 2024 to 2025 are revealed, former Minister of State for Home Affairs Norman Baker slams Buckingham Palace 'pretending to be prudent' as 'utter hogwash'

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10 h. ago How much does the royal family cost? A breakdown of the key figures

More than 1,900 official royal engagements were carried out in the UK and overseas in 2024-25

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15 h. ago Prince Harry 'snubbed' as he's missing from key statement by Royal Family

People were quick to point out Prince Harry's absence from the Armed Forces Day post from the Royal Family, which mentioned the service of several other royals.

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17 h. ago Man who pays £1,400 a month to live in one of London's smallest flats in millionaire neighbourhood reveals what the one problem is

Cesar Mendez, 47, says his miniscule flat warrants splashing out £1,400 a month due to its close locale to the Natural History Museum and regular sightings of the Royal Family .

Economics

18 h. ago Man who pays £1,400 a month to live in one of London's smallest flat in millionaire neighbourhood reveals what the one problem is

Cesar Mendez, 47, says his miniscule flat warrants splashing out £1,400 a month due to its close locale to the Natural History Museum and regular sightings of the Royal Family .

Economics

20 h. ago Prince Harry suffers major 'snub' by Royal Family as he's missing from key statement

The Royal Family took to social media to mark a very special day but despite the event having major connections to Prince Harry - he was nowhere to be mentioned

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21 h. ago Man lives in one of London's smallest flats – it's a cupboard but costs £250,000

Cesar Mendez has lived in the 11.7 sq m property in plush Kensington for four years and has millionaires for neighbours, can see the Natural History Museum from his window, and says the Royal Family regularly drives by

Economics

25 h. ago The cutting response the late Queen gave when she was tasked with serving the cake during a meeting of G7 leaders

Three generations of the Royal family were present for the Eden Project's The Big Lunch evening reception for G7 leaders on June 11, 2021.

Politics

26 h. ago Absence of motive evidence counts in Erin Patterson’s favour, jury told, as deliberations begin

Jurors retire to consider verdicts in triple murder trial over beef wellington lunch that contained death cap mushroomsWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?The jury has started deliberations in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell.Justice Christopher Beale completed his charge or directions to the jury on Monday. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Erin Patterson jury begins deliberations as mushroom lunch trial enters 10th week

Jurors retire to consider verdicts in triple murder trial over beef wellington lunch that contained death cap mushroomsWho are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?The jury has started deliberations in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson at the Latrobe Valley law courts in Morwell.Justice Christopher Beale completed his charge or directions to the jury on Monday. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Inside 'royal plan' to win over Donald Trump from 'secret weapon' to 'icing on cake

The Royal Family look set to welcome Donald Trump to the UK on a historic second state visit after the summer - and it seems the US president could be keen for two major royals to took part

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49 h. ago Harry 'worries William' with latest move and 'response is telling'

EXCLUSIVE: As Prince Harry extends a so-called peace offering to the Palace, our sources tell OK! that royal reconciliation is far from certain after the string of 'family betrayals'

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65 h. ago Kate Middleton and William facing huge Prince George decision as 'reality hits home'

The summer holidays are fast-approaching for the Royal Family - and the time away from school this year will be particularly poignant for Prince George and the Prince and Princess of Wales

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