The King’s property empire has earned more than £334,000 in housing benefit since the pandemic, openDemocracy can reveal.
The Crown Estate, a £16bn land and property portfolio that helps to bankroll King Charles and the royal palaces, took the money after 14 of its housing tenants said they needed support covering their rent.
The payments were made between the start of the first lockdown in 2020 and the end of last year. Housing benefit can be available to people who are unemployed, on a low income or claiming other benefits – and is sometimes paid directly to their landlord.
