William and tax on the Duchy of Cornwall

[GardenDancing]

I keep reading that William doesn’t declare the amount of tax he pays on the Duchy of Cornwall. Apparently Charles did when he was Prince of Wales and sources say that William is paying appropriate tax, so why do you think he declines to be as transparent as his father was? I understand he isn’t obliged to share it, but people seemed annoyed and suspicious that he isn’t. If he’s paying appropriate tax like we are told, which I’m presuming is true, why wouldn’t he just share that to stop people speculating?

Private assets don't require oversight from Parliament. Legitimate owners are also free to dispose of them without constraint.

I don't know what you mean by 'failure' of a Duchy. They are huge, aggressively driven commercial enterprises encompassing swathes of land located in diverse areas all over the UK and vanishingly unlikely to fail to return a substantial profit in any given year.

The position of the Crown estate is very clear. It was was turned over to the treasury in return for a fixed income (Civil List, not Sovereign Grant which is entirely another matter) and relieving the monarch of the responsibility for various governmental costs which were becoming unsustainable.

It belongs to the nation.

Well do elaborate .

Are you saying that the deposed king did continue to receive income from the Duchy of Lancaster? We know he did not .
He did not because he did not ‘ own’ the Duchy . He pocketed in money in right of ‘crown’ ie not as an individual but in role as king. No king , no duchy money

As for William becoming Catholic ( just a thought exercise - William is not in any way religious or spiritual ). He could not be become king . Could he still legally be heir if he cannot become king ? Very debatable. He could only pocket the millions as heir ( so we are told) .

The fact that constitutional lawyers would be arguing over the issue also illustrates that he does not own the Duchy.

I suspect when abolishment looms the Windsors will be happy to run for the hillls rather than face legal issues which have been suppressed and mounting back taxes owed.