MIAMI.- The Sunday Times millionaires list for 2024 revealed that the king Charles III He is the 258th richest person in the world United Kingdom. With a fortuna by 770 million dollars the monarch has surpassed his mother, the queen Isabel II.
According to the tabloid, the king saw his assets grow and since the list published in 2023 there was an increase of 12 million dollars, the magazine reported. People.
At the time of her death, on September 8, 2022, the late queen was worth $468 million.
However, Charles III is not the richest royal, despite being the king.
The Duke of Westminster, Hugh Grosvenor, is worth $12.8 billion, according to estimates by The Sunday Times
Grosvenor is the godfather of Prince George, eldest son of the princes of Wales, William and Kate Middleton. Likewise, it is said that he is the godfather of the first-born of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex; However, Harry and Meghan Markle have been reserved with this information.
The king’s fortune
A former assistant to Charles informed the media that after his divorce from Diana in 1996, the heir to the British crown decided to be more jealous with his income and saved the profits he received from the Duchy of Cornwall.
“She became cautious about keeping some money from the Duchy after that (capital) disappearance. We are not talking about large sums: several tens of millions, no more. There have been suggestions that Camilla contributed a large amount of money to their relationship.” , but that’s really not correct, I commented.
Said Duchy is an estate that owns properties and other assets, which is valued at more than one billion dollars.
Part of their land is rented to merchants, and these profits generate income that is assumed by whoever holds the title of Prince of Wales.
After the death of Queen Elizabeth, William, son of Charles and Diana, inherited the property as he was next in the line of succession.
The Sunday Times He noted that the now king increased the duchy’s annual profits by 42.6% between 2011 and 2022, which translates into more than 31 million dollars. However, between 2012 and 2022 he earned more than 268 million dollars.
Charles III currently receives income from the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk and Balmoral Castle in Scotland. The outlet stated that Sandringham farmland is valued at more than $360 million.
The king also owns other properties that add to his assets.
