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While the monarchy as a whole is worth $88 billion, according to Forbes, Queen Elizabeth II has left behind over $500 million in personal assets from her 70 years on the throne.
Most of her personal wealth will be passed on to Prince Charles as he is crowned king, per Fortune, but what of Her Majesty’s brood?
What sort of provisions awaits the like sof Prince Andrew, Prince William, and Prince Harry?
The Queen only passed away yesterday, so it might be too soon to discuss the royal inheritance. Then again, time is money and money is time.
It is complicated because much of what appears to be owned by the Queen actually belongs to the so-called Royal Firm, the $28 billion empire that members of the British royal family call “the family business”:
Though the family doesn’t personally profit from the business, the purpose is to boost the economy, which can in turn provide wealth to the Windsors through free media coverage and royal warrants—essentially “stamps of approval” on high-end products, Forbes reports—which boost revenue for holders of the warrant.
That $28 billion is allocated in real estate assets as of 2021, which cannot be sold.
These include the Crown Estate ($19,5 billion), Buckingham Palace ($4,9 billion), the Duchy of Cornwall ($1,3 billion), the Duchy of Lancaster ($748 million), Kensington Palace ($630 million), and the Crown Estate of Scotland ($592 million).

The Queen’s investments, art collection, jewellery, and real estate holdings, which include Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle, however, make up her personal assets of over $500 million:
Her Majesty also inherited nearly $70 million from the Queen Mother when she died in 2002, including investments in paintings, a stamp collection, fine china, jewels, horses, and even a valuable Faberge egg collection.
Paintings in the collection include works by Monet, Nash, and Carl Fabergé.
There is a special legal clause in place that allows the Queen to not pay inheritance tax on the estate left by her mother, and since it’s mostly being passed down to Charles, that includes his exemption, too.
Charles will only receive what the Queen allocated to him, though, and the rest will go to her children and grandchildren, per the New York Post:
“It’s been widely reported that Andrew is the queen’s favorite son, and it’s likely she’s set aside some portion of her fortune for him,” said royal commentator Josh Rom.
“While he wants to rehabilitate his image, it’s unlikely that will happen. His association with Jeffrey Epstein and his failure to cut ties with him, despite knowing about some of his crimes, is something that the public, for certain, won’t get over.
“But there are [the queen’s] other children — Anne and Edward — as well as their children too. She’ll have wanted to look after all of them.”
While Charles has first dibs in what has been called the “Game of Homes”, with the royals moving around and shuffling houses, Prince William and his son Prince George will get second dibs.
Then, the ownership of the royal estate Sandringham, in Norfolk, is left in question after all this shuffling:

As for Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands, it will be turned into a museum:

Prince William and Kate Middleton are likely to move into the Queen’s favourite, Windsor Castle, and will also keep a private apartment at Kensington Palace in the heart of London.
Charles is expected to live in Buckingham Palace once he becomes king, so that leaves his private house Highgrove in Gloucestershire, and his London base, Clarence House, open:
One plan is that Clarence House — once earmarked for Prince Harry — is now saved for when Prince George comes of age, while Sandringham, where Charles has already developed an organic farm, may become his country estate.
Highgrove could become a museum, with Charles using it for a few weeks of the year and paying for the privilege.
Charles’ siblings are all sorted for their homes, too, and won’t likely be affected by this house shuffle.
We’ll have to wait and see how this all plays out in the coming months…