Hard-up families struggling to cope with crippling rises
in living costs are already angry that private landlords rake in thousands of
pounds from housing benefits. But many will be even more furious to learn
Prince Charles and the Queen are also making money from hard-up tenants who
rely on the payments just to keep a roof over their heads. The pair receive
tens of thousands of pounds a year in housing benefits that are paid by local
authorities to landlords. Charles’ Duchy
of Cornwall Estate raked in at least £163,000 from a string of councils
providing cash to households and the Crown Estate received at least £38,539 in
housing benefit payments from just one town hall last year. Read more on the
Daily Mirror website.
