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  1. Sep 14, 2022 · King Charles III can avoid paying millions in inheritance tax on the Duchy of Lancaster estate due to an old rule designed to protect the Royal Family's wealth. His Majesty automatically inherited ...

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  2. Sep 12, 2022 · King Charles III can avoid paying millions in inheritance tax on the Duchy of Lancaster estate due to an old rule designed to protect the Royal Family’s wealth. Under UK law, inheritance tax is paid at 40% if you leave assets valued above a certain threshold to your loved ones after you die. Then Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major said the circumstances of a hereditary monarchy were ...

  3. Sep 13, 2022 · Last year, the duchy was worth slightly more than £1 billion ($1.15 billion), and generated a personal annual income for Charles of £23 million ($26.5 million).. And while the new king may be ...

  4. Sep 12, 2022 · The king will not have to pay estate taxes on the newly inherited Duchy of Lancaster property valued at over $750 million. The 45,000-acre estate brought in more than $27 million for the queen ...

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  5. Sep 11, 2022 · Prince William, Charles' eldest son, inherited the $1 billion Duchy of Cornwall estate from him. Why it matters: Members of the royal family do not have to pay the 40% levy on property valued at more than $377,000 while their constituents do. However, the Queen started paying income and capital gains tax on the estate in 1993 of her own accord.

  6. Sep 15, 2022 · King Charles III has ascended to the U.K. throne, but he won't have to pay the U.K.'s inheritance tax on the massive wealth he inherits from his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II.That's because of a ...

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  8. Jun 6, 2023 · The Duchy of Lancaster is the property of the crown and is not subject to inheritance tax. While King Charles oversees the Duchy of Lancaster as sovereign, he is not entitled to sell any of the assets for personal gain. But he does receive a private annual income from the assets, which is known as the Privy Purse and was worth £24 million in 2022.