Putting his money where his mouth is.
When Prince William, the Duke of Cornwall, says that he advocates a ‘modern’ British Royalty, in tune with the times, he may just mean what he says.
A report has arisen today saying that the heir to the British throne will sell off ‘a fifth of the Duchy of Cornwall’ in the next ten years.
William reportedly plans to invest £500 million ‘in tackling the housing and nature crises.’
Court Circular
Kensington Palace
6th February, 2026The Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall this afternoon received Mr William Bax (Secretary of the Duchy of Cornwall) at Windsor Castle. pic.twitter.com/l7ZzeDGBJK
— Anna (@tokkianami) February 7, 2026
The Times reported:
“Will Bax, chief executive of the duchy, said the next decade would be an era of change after William decided the duchy ‘shouldn’t just exist to own land. It should first and foremost exist to have a positive impact on the world’.
[…] The majority of William’s private income comes from the more than £20 million a year in profit he receives from his 54,000-hectare private estate, called the Duchy of Cornwall.
The £1.1 billion holding, spread across 21 counties, has been bestowed on every heir to the throne since the 14th century.”
Prince William makes £2.5m from taxpayer for renting unusable prison https://t.co/UWEjR6gZHS
— The Times and Sunday Times (@thetimes) April 11, 2026
“[Bax] said William planned to invest £500 million, made up from land sales, development income, partnerships and borrowing, into his priorities over the next decade. This includes pumping about £160 million into housing solutions, such as building much-needed affordable homes in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall and Kennington.
Through a portfolio of land owned on “urban fringe locations” the duchy also hopes to ‘unlock about 10,000 to 12,000 homes between now and 2040’, Bax said.”
💥Interesting Fact 💥
Prince William is not legally required, but voluntarily pays income tax on the surplus generated by the Duchy of Cornwall. This is the private estate that funds the public, charitable, and private activities of the Prince of Wales. pic.twitter.com/VQL7OplRQ8
— Deanna (@ARamblingRoyal) May 3, 2026
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