The annual Sovereign Grant for 2025-26 and other royal accounts have officially been released today. The grant covers official duties, staff, travel, and palace maintenance.

Announced as part of the annual royal finance reports, it has been revealed that the King and Prince of Wales have paid over £50million in tax during the Carolean era. It has also been revealed that for 2025-26 the Royal Family cost a staggering £552.6million.

Here, the Daily Express breaks down exactly how much the Royal Family costs – from royal travel and Prince William‘s personal tax bill to the 177 helicopter journeys taken by members of the family and the wage bill for staff members.

£25.2 million – The King’s private income from the profits of the Duchy of Lancaster estate, up from £24.4 million

£12.9 million – The amount the King paid in tax in 2024-25 as he became the first British head of state to disclose their personal tax bill.

£21.6 million – The Prince of Wales’s annual private income from the Duchy of Cornwall estate, down from £22.9 million the previous year.

£7.76 million – William’s personal tax bill from 2024-25, published for the first time since he inherited the Duchy of Cornwall.

£132.1 million – The total taxpayer-funded Sovereign Grant in 2025-26, compared to £86.3 million in 2024-25, thanks to the Crown Estate wind farm deal profits.

£117.2 million – Official net expenditure by the monarchy, a rise from £85.2 million in 2024/2025.

£67.5 million – Cost of property maintenance, compared with £41.2 million the previous year.

£5.1 million – Cost of official royal travel, a rise from £4.7 million the previous year.

£733,063 – Cost of 177 helicopter journeys made by members of the royal family, costing less than £20,000 each.

£130,106 – The most expensive journey – William’s official visit to Saudi Arabia on a charter flight, including a scheduled planning flight by staff.

£126,946 – Cost of the King and Queen’s flight to Rome for their state visit to Italy.

£3.9 million – Rental income from properties let to non-working royals including Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, Royal Household staff and other tenants, with no figures released for the exact amount the King pays for his nieces.

£3.5 million – Cost of housekeeping and hospitality for the Royal Household, up from £3.2 million.

£33.7 million – The wage bill for staff, up from £29.9 million.