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But former Home Office minister and a critic of royal finances Norman Baker said the duchy would still be a “royal fruit machine… he pulls the handle and gets a jackpot every time”.<\/p>\n
He said that the switch to more housing would not leave the duchy any worse off: “More houses, more tenants, more income,” Mr Baker said. <\/p>\n
In the duchy’s new strategy, there will be a greater emphasis on five areas where it is a landowner – Bath, Cornwall, Dartmoor, Isles of Scilly and Kennington in south London.<\/p>\n
The duchy has its roots in medieval, feudal land ownership, but it has been having something of an image make-over, with an emphasis on social value, such as providing affordable housing and protecting the environment.<\/p>\n
Chief executive Will Bax said: “The Duchy should exist to make a positive impact, particularly in the communities where we can make the biggest difference.”<\/p>\n
Prince William has a project to tackle homelessness, Homewards, and there are plans for the duchy to provide an extra 12,000 homes by 2040. About a third of these are intended to be affordable, with an investment in housing of \u00a3161m.<\/p>\n
There will be \u00a3123m for work places and encouraging the creation of more rural jobs and more support for renewable energy.<\/p>\n
That includes an expansion of solar panels on rooftops in the south west of England, with the aim of generating enough power for 40,000 homes.<\/p>\n
There will be \u00a320m for environmental schemes and reducing emissions, including helping to restore peatlands and biodiversity on its estates.<\/p>\n
This change in direction also comes as pressure grows for more transparency on royal finances.<\/p>\n
Particularly in the wake of the Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor scandal there have been calls for more financial openness, including about royal property.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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