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LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William will sell off parts of his vast Duchy of Cornwall estate over the \u200cnext decade to help fund plans to invest more \u200cthan 500 million pounds ($670 million) in local communities, including affordable housing and environmental projects.<\/p>\n
The \u200bsales were reported by the Times newspaper to equate to 20% of the estate which is one of Britain’s biggest landowners with a portfolio that includes large swathes of land as well as commercial and \u200cresidential properties.<\/p>\n
“The Duchy should \u2060exist to make a positive impact, particularly in the communities where we can make the biggest difference,” said \u2060Will Bax, Chief Executive of the Duchy of Cornwall.<\/p>\n
“That ambition requires significant investment and, in some cases, means rebalancing what we own in \u200border to \u200bbe as impactful as possible to \u200bour communities, now and in \u200cthe future.”<\/p>\n
Bax said the money would be “largely funded by reinvesting capital from across the Duchy, alongside development income, partnerships and some borrowing.”<\/p>\n
William, who received a private income of more than 20 million pounds from the Duchy last year, and his father King Charles have in \u200crecent years faced criticism over the \u200bway their estates have been managed. Aides \u200bsay William has been \u200blooking closely at management of the Duchy since inheriting \u200cit in 2022.<\/p>\n
In 2024, a Sunday \u200bTimes report and \u200bseparate TV documentary accused Charles and his heir William of making millions from the country’s health service, army and schools \u200bfrom charges imposed by \u200ctheir respective estates.<\/p>\n
The Duchy subsequently reduced rents significantly for a \u200bnumber of charity and community tenants.<\/p>\n
($1 = 0.7472 pounds)<\/p>\n
(Reporting by \u200bWilliam James; editing by Michael Holden)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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