The Royal Family went on an extra 16 foreign trips in the year to March 2025 than in the previous 12 months, after what has been a challenging period that was overshadowed by the King and the Princess of Wales’s cancer diagnosis, a new report has shown.
Members of the Firm made a total of 43 separate journeys where travel costs were at least £17,000, up from 27 in 2023/24, according to the Sovereign Grant’s official report for 2024/25.
While some 13 of these trips involved the King, an increase from eight in the previous year, some of them, particularly the second one, may surprise fans.
The most expensive trip during the period was the King and Queen’s 11-day visit to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa in October 2024, which included engagements in Australia and had travel costs totalling £400,535.
His Majesty was also involved in the second most expensive trip on the list, which cost £80,139 despite being close to home.