Rosa Prince, Columnist

A King’s Ransom: The Eye-Watering Cost of Charles III

Brits should be told how much their royals’ extravagant lifestyles are costing them.

Hear hear.

Photographer: Chris Jackson/Chris Jackson Collection

How much should British taxpayers pay to keep the royal family living in the style they’re accustomed?

It’s a question few in the UK have considered, largely because assessing the true cost of the monarch’s finances is a murky business, both opaque and highly secretive, with a myriad of rules and customs serving to stifle public debate.