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THE royal family are facing more questions about their multi-million pound cash cow property hoardings with<\/strong> “Ditch the Dutchies” billboards<\/strong><\/a> appearing across the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n The billboard campaign from anti-monarchy group Republic launched earlier this month will see advertisements posted to highlight how King Charles and Prince William<\/a>\u2019s estates the Duchy of Lancaster and Cornwall are really owned publicly<\/a> while providing income to royalty.<\/p>\n The billboards have been appearing across the UK this week in Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, Tower Hamlets in London and Southampton calling for an “end to the royal scam”.<\/p>\n A report out earlier this year<\/a> showed that the duchies are public property, not privately owned by the royals. Republic say the same is true of Windsor Great Park, where Prince William<\/a> and others have private homes.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Rachel Reeves rejects referendum if SNP win Holyrood majority<\/a><\/p>\n It set out how the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall provide annual incomes to the King and his eldest son of \u00a327 million and \u00a323m respectively<\/a>.<\/p>\n Graham Smith, CEO of Republic, said: \u201cThe duchies are public property, yet we continue to allow William and Charles to take the profits as private untaxed income every year.<\/p>\n “More than \u00a350m a year is paid to William and Charles from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall. That\u2019s money that could be spent on public services and local communities.<\/p>\n A billboard displayed in Rotherhithe Old Road, London (Image: Republic)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n “The expansion of this billboard campaign is tackling the issue of royal exploitation head on.<\/p>\n \u201cThe royals can\u2019t keep dodging\u00a0the fact\u00a0that\u00a0Duchy land is our land.”<\/p>\n Republic is calling on the duchies to be rolled into a new National Estate, along with Crown Estate land, with the purpose of funding public services and local communities.<\/p>\n