{"id":411217,"date":"2025-09-09T19:30:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/411217\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T19:30:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T19:30:13","slug":"this-royal-family-now-owns-more-of-london-than-king-charles-here-is-all-you-need-to-know-trending-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/411217\/","title":{"rendered":"This royal family now owns more of London than King Charles. Here is all you need to know – Trending News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ruling Al Thani family<\/a> of Qatar <\/a>has become one of the most powerful landowners in London, quietly outpacing even King Charles III in terms of private property holdings.<\/p>\n

While the British monarch<\/a>\u2019s portfolio includes iconic landmarks like the Tower of London<\/a> and Hampton Court Palace, these are held in trust for the nation through the Crown Estate and are not personally owned. <\/p>\n

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The Qatari royals, however, face no such limitations, their property investments are private or state-owned, and their reach now spans the capital.<\/p>\n

What do they own?<\/p>\n

The Al Thani family\u2019s London portfolio is vast and growing. They reportedly own a quarter of northwest Mayfair, a district now dubbed \u201cLittle Doha.\u201d <\/p>\n

Among their crown jewels is Harrods, the world-famous department store. Through their Maybourne Hotel Group, the family also owns several of the city\u2019s most exclusive hotels, Claridge\u2019s, The Connaught, The Berkeley, and the newly opened Emory.<\/p>\n

Beyond luxury real estate and hospitality, their presence stretches into the skyline and infrastructure. The family owns a 95% stake in The Shard, Europe\u2019s tallest building, and is a co-owner of Canary Wharf, one of London\u2019s primary business hubs. <\/p>\n

Their influence extends to transport and retail as well, with a 20% stake in Heathrow Airport and 14.3% ownership of Sainsbury\u2019s, one of the UK\u2019s leading supermarket chains.<\/p>\n

What is the Al Thani family\u2019s net worth?<\/p>\n

Backed by an estimated family net worth of $335 billion, their wealth ranks among the highest of any royal family in the world. Much of this fortune stems from Qatar\u2019s immense natural gas reserves and strategic global investments.<\/p>\n

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, is personally estimated to be worth over $2 billion. With deep financial resources and a long-term investment strategy, the Qatari royals are set to remain key players in London\u2019s future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ruling Al Thani family of Qatar has become one of the most powerful landowners in London, quietly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411218,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[120348,7709,141402,7730,7731,141408,141411,141414,141399,141403,1760,141407,49743,141398,141401,141405,141397,141412,7710,519,141413,141404,141410,141409,141400,141406],"class_list":{"0":"post-411217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-al-thani-family","9":"tag-british-royal-family","10":"tag-canary-wharf-investment","11":"tag-charles","12":"tag-charles-iii","13":"tag-claridges-hotel-owner","14":"tag-emory-hotel-london","15":"tag-foreign-investment-uk","16":"tag-harrods-owner","17":"tag-heathrow-airport-stake","18":"tag-king-charles","19":"tag-london-luxury-hotels","20":"tag-london-property-market","21":"tag-london-property-owners","22":"tag-mayfair-real-estate","23":"tag-qatar-investments-london","24":"tag-qatar-royal-family","25":"tag-qatari-wealth","26":"tag-royal-families","27":"tag-royal-family","28":"tag-royal-family-net-worth","29":"tag-sainsburys-shareholders","30":"tag-the-berkeley-hotel","31":"tag-the-connaught-hotel","32":"tag-the-shard-ownership","33":"tag-uk-real-estate"},"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\/411217","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=411217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}