From his paternal grandfather, Emperor Maximilian I, Charles inherited most of what is now central and eastern Europe, as well as the duchy of Burgundy, which included what is now Holland and Belgium.

Charles receives an annual private income from the Duchy of Lancaster landed estate of £27 million, while William is entitled to more than £23 million a year from the Duchy of Cornwall.

When William was bestowed with his new title, it also came with the title of Duke of Cornwall and responsibility for overseeing the vast Duchy of Cornwall estate. It was previously run by Charles ...

Republic, which backs an elected head of state, is urging the Government to abolish the ancient Duchy portfolios and pass all revenue and assets to a new national estate to support local communities.

Labour are aiming to get hundreds of thousands of people off welfare and back into work as part of plans to save money from the public purse, a minister has told Sky News. Reducing the cost of the ...

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has said that the Government is not adopting an “ideological approach to stripping back the state” after reforms to the service were unveiled on Sunday.

NHS England, the administrative body that runs the national health service, will be abolished in a bid to slash red tape, Sir Keir Starmer has announced. The prime minister said he was axing the ...

Pat McFadden, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pointed to the Government’s increase in defence spending in recent weeks but said Sir Keir Starmer was not examining bringing in mandatory ...

Pat McFadden, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pointed to the Government's increase in defence spending in recent weeks but said Sir Keir Starmer was not examining bringing in mandatory ...

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Mr McFadden said: “The state is not match-fit to rise to the moment our country faces. It is a too-common feeling in working people’s lives, that the ...

The owner of a dog that seriously injured a child in a vicious Toronto mauling last year has pleaded guilty to criminal negligence and the dog has been euthanized, the Star has learned, as new ...