{"id":336360,"date":"2025-08-11T18:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/336360\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T18:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T18:15:16","slug":"meet-the-foreign-royals-who-own-more-property-in-london-than-king-charles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/336360\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the foreign royals who own more property in London than King Charles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ruling royal family of Qatar, the House of Al-Thani, now owns more of London than the British monarchy \u2014 and the scale of their influence is raising eyebrows.<\/p>\n

Qatari royals now own more of London than King Charles, report says<\/p>\n

According to a report by GB News, the Al-Thani <\/a>family has built a vast property empire across the capital. Their real estate portfolio includes around 1.8 million square feet of land \u2014 far surpassing the private holdings of King Charles III.<\/p>\n

While King Charles<\/a> is linked to many historic sites like the Tower of London and Hampton Court Palace, these are not personally owned by him. They belong to the Crown Estate, meaning they are held \u2018in trust\u2019 for the country, not private property of the monarch.<\/p>\n

The Qatari royals, however, face no such limits. Their investments are personal or state-owned assets, and their reach stretches far across London.<\/p>\n

What properties does the Qatari royals own?<\/p>\n

They reportedly own a quarter of northwest Mayfair \u2014 now nicknamed \u2018Little Doha<\/a>\u2019 \u2014 and have full ownership of Harrods, the world-famous department store. They also own luxury hotels including The Berkeley, Claridge\u2019s, The Connaught, and The Emory through Maybourne Hotels, which is run by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al-Thani.<\/p>\n

Their influence isn\u2019t limited to property and hospitality. The Al-Thani<\/a>s also hold a 95% stake in The Shard, the tallest building in Europe, and co-own Canary Wharf, one of London\u2019s key business districts.<\/p>\n

In transport and retail, their power is also growing. Qatar owns 20% of Heathrow Airport<\/a>, which is expected to handle over 84 million travellers in 2025. In addition, the Qatari state owns 14.3% of Sainsbury\u2019s, one of the UK\u2019s largest supermarket chains.<\/p>\n

Despite their growing presence, much of the Al-Thani family\u2019s activity has been quiet and gradual. Today, their influence in London rivals \u2014 and even surpasses \u2014 that of the British royal family, at least in terms of land ownership.<\/p>\n

With an estimated family wealth of around \u00a32.4 billion, and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, personally worth about \u00a31.6 billion, their investment power continues to grow \u2014 reshaping London’s landscape along the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ruling royal family of Qatar, the House of Al-Thani, now owns more of London than the British…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[120338,120348,748,25596,120341,120347,393,120336,4884,65897,1760,257,120349,120337,120335,120345,120334,120339,120346,120344,120340,120342,120343,57151,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-336360","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-al-thani-family-owns-maximum-property-in-londo","9":"tag-al-thani-family","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-canary-wharf","12":"tag-claridges","13":"tag-emir-of-qatar","14":"tag-england","15":"tag-foreign-royals-who-own-more-property-in-london-than-king-charles","16":"tag-great-britain","17":"tag-harrods","18":"tag-king-charles","19":"tag-london","20":"tag-meet-the-foreign-royals-who-own-more-property-in-london-than-king-charles","21":"tag-mini-doha","22":"tag-qatar-emir","23":"tag-qatar-owns-20-of-heathrow-airport","24":"tag-qatars-emir-sheikh-tamim-bin-hamad-al-thani","25":"tag-qatari-royals","26":"tag-qatari-state-owns-14-3-of-sainsburys","27":"tag-sheikh-mohammed-bin-hamad-bin-jassim-bin-jaber-al-thani","28":"tag-the-berkeley","29":"tag-the-connaught","30":"tag-the-emory-through-maybourne-hotels","31":"tag-the-shard","32":"tag-uk","33":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}