Prince Charles’s income from taxpayers rises 18%

The Prince of Wales received £1,962,000 from taxpayers last year, up from £1,664,000 the year before The Prince of Wales’s funding from the taxpayer increased by nearly 18% last year, official accounts show . Prince Charles’s income from grants-in-aid and government departments rose 17.9% from £1,664,000 to £1,962,000. He also saw his private funding from the Duchy of Cornwall – the landed estate given to the heir to the throne – go up by nearly 4% to £17,796,000. The prince’s tax bill soared by more than £900,000 last year, rising 26.2% to £4,398,000. Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall travelled some 34,000 miles to and from official engagements in 2010/11, including more than 14,000 miles on overseas trips. Spending on official travel by air and rail came to £1,080,000, up £388,000 or 56% from the previous year. Prince Charles Monarchy guardian.co.uk

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