Not content with scrounging benefits, it seems that our next king is fiddling his tax too...
Prince Charles's £700m estate accused of tax avoidance
On top of that...
They're all in the trough together...
Prince Charles's £700m estate accused of tax avoidance
The duchy of Cornwall last year provided Charles with an income of £18m and HMRC's anti-avoidance group is now being asked to examine its non-payment of corporation tax following a potentially significant court ruling on its legal status.
The issue has been raised by an accountant investigating the tax affairs of the duchy – an agricultural, commercial and residential landowner.
He has analysed the impact of a judicial ruling handed down last year. Anti-monarchy campaigners claim it shows the duchy is running "a well-entrenched tax avoidance scheme".
On top of that...
In 2009 it was estimated the queen paid just £1,375 in rates for Buckingham Palace
They're all in the trough together...