Written Question·Treasury·UIN 106888

Duchy of Cornwall and Duchy of Lancaster: Taxation

Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 27 January 2026

Question

Cameron Thomas

IndependentTewkesbury

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration her Department has given to ending the crown exemption for the Duchy of Lancaster and Duchy of Cornwall.

Answer

James Murray
The income from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall forms part of the King’s and Prince of Wales’s private income. The tax treatment of that income is as set out in the in the Memorandum of Understanding on Royal Taxation, which can be found at: www.gov...

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