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King Charles’s tax bill: what did we learn, and what is still in the dark?

Trade News UK sterling-and-streets note (2026-06-25): We know the monarch paid £24.6m in tax over the last two years, but we still don’t know how wealthy he actually isCrown estate makes more than £1bn profit for… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

We know the monarch paid £24.6m in tax over the last two years, but we still don’t know how wealthy he actually is

King Charles has become Britain’s first monarch in modern times to reveal how much tax he pays on his private income: £24.6m over the last two years.

It’s a move celebrated by some as heralding an era of greater transparency from the monarchy. But just how open has it been?

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