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£19M ROYAL FORTUNE QUIETLY MOVED INTO TRUST IN 1994 IS STILL BENEFITING DESCENDANTS LIKE SAM CHATTO — WHILE A FORMER MINISTER ARGUES THE WEALTH WAS BUILT AS TAXPAYERS HELPED FUND THE QUEEN MOTHER’S EXTRAVAGANT LIFESTYLE. The arrangement was established when she was 94 and structured around one crucial seven-year deadline. She survived long enough for the transfer to escape a potentially enormous inheritance-tax bill, allowing the fund to keep growing for generations far removed from official royal duties. Now fresh scrutiny is revealing how public support, private wealth and sophisticated estate planning became intertwined — and the amount taxpayers allegedly contributed makes the legacy even more controversial.

ahoho · 26/07/2026 · comments off
Royal ‘nepo babies‘ – even those who are largely distant in line to the throne – continue to profit off the Queen Mother‘s £19million ‘trust fund’, helped by ‘extraordinarily generous handouts… Read more