How Rich Is The British Royal Family?

Kroll writes:

Queen Elizabeth, 85,

• Estimated personal net worth of $500 million
• Property holdings including Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands
• Stud farms
• A fruit farm
• Marine land throughout the U.K.
• Extensive art and fine jewelry
• One of the world’s largest stamp collections built by her grandfather
• Among many many other money-making ventures.
• The Queen also receives an annual government stipend of $12.9 million

Prince Charles, 62,

• Received a $28 million stipend last year from Duchy of Cornwall Estate
• paid more than $10 million on the salaries of 150 staffers

Prince William, 28, and Prince Harry, 26,

• Each received a $10 million inheritance from Princess Dianna after taxes
• Each receives comfortable annual salaries from the Royal Air Force and Army Air Corps
• various corporate sponsorships

Not included are an expansive list of assets belonging to the Crown Estate, which the royal family gets to enjoy, such as $10 billion worth of real estate (including a reported 60 castles), Buckingham Palace (estimated to be worth another $5 billion), the Royal Art collection, and unmarked swans on stretches of the Thames.