Overview
- Land Registry filings identify the Prince and Princess of Wales as 20‑year leaseholders of Forest Lodge in Windsor and record an annual rent of £307,500.
- The rent was set after three market valuations by Hamptons and Savills for the Crown Estate and Knight Frank for the couple.
- The figure is almost £100,000 higher than the £216,000 paid by former tenants Alexander Fitzgibbons and Cristina Stenbeck.
- William pays the rent from his private Duchy of Cornwall income, and Kensington Palace says he pays income tax at the top rate.
- MPs have opened an inquiry into Crown Estate leases, and coverage contrasts this market rent with past token “peppercorn” deals for other royals.