{"id":505809,"date":"2025-10-17T03:30:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T03:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/505809\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T03:30:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T03:30:21","slug":"king-charles-has-been-tucking-away-money-since-his-17-million-divorce-and-is-now-richer-than-queen-elizabeth-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/505809\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles Has Been “Tucking Away” Money Since His \u00a317 Million Divorce\u2014And Is Now Richer Than Queen Elizabeth Was"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Sunday Times Rich List<\/a> is always eye-opening, and this year’s list of the 350 wealthiest people<\/a> in Britain reveals that King Charles’s wealth<\/a> has increased by \u00a330 million in the past year. The King<\/a>\u2014who is the only member of the British Royal Family on the list\u2014might be richer than his late mother ever was, but interestingly, he only ranks at number 238<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2024, King Charles’s net worth was estimated at \u00a3610 million (roughly $819 million), and this year, that amount has increased to \u00a3640 million, per the Sunday Times. Comparatively, Queen Elizabeth’s estimated net worth<\/a> was \u00a3370 million at the time of her 2022 death.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media outlet, a former palace aide explained that The King worked to “carefully rebuilt his finances” after his \u00a317 million divorce from Princess Diana<\/a> in 1996. “He became prudent at tucking away some money from the duchy after that wipeout [of capital],” the source said. “We\u2019re not talking vast sums here\u2014several tens of millions, no more.”<\/p>\n

\"King The King is \u00a3270 million richer than his late mother, Queen Elizabeth. | Credit: Getty Images <\/p>\n

Charles and Diana’s divorce<\/a> might have cost the then-Prince of Wales millions, but the former aide shot down suggestions that Camilla Parker Bowles gave him an influx of cash. “There have been suggestions that Camilla brought a good deal of money into their relationship, but that\u2019s really not correct,” the insider said.<\/p>\n

Royal biographer Robert Hardman told the Sunday Times that when comparing the British royals to other monarchies, the Royal Family’s “financial arrangements really aren\u2019t as complex.” He added, “Our monarchy really isn\u2019t as wealthy as many people would believe.”<\/p>\n

As the Sunday Times pointed out, the Duchy of Lancaster<\/a> and the Crown Estate aren’t The King’s “personal assets,” and have not been taken into account when estimating his total wealth.<\/p>\n

\"King King Charles is seen at his 2023 coronation. | Credit: Getty <\/p>\n

“Both these estates come with the job as sovereign and there are rules circumscribing a monarch\u2019s ability to sell or profit from them,” journalist Robert Watts wrote. “To consider these the King\u2019s personal holdings would be akin to an executive viewing the office laptop or the company car parked on their driveway as their own.”<\/p>\n

However, when he was Prince of Wales, Charles “assiduously” saved the money he made from the Duchy of Cornwall, which is now run by Prince William.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,1759,7730,44372,7731,395,1760,1412,7710,519,48404],"class_list":{"0":"post-505809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-camilla-parker-bowles","10":"tag-charles","11":"tag-charles-and-diana","12":"tag-charles-iii","13":"tag-getty-images","14":"tag-king-charles","15":"tag-princess-diana","16":"tag-royal-families","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-sunday-times-rich-list"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115387395231286974","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505809","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=505809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}