{"id":2594,"date":"2026-05-18T19:49:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/prince-william-selling-20-percent-of-royal-estate-for-over-670-million\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T19:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T19:49:25","slug":"prince-william-selling-20-percent-of-royal-estate-for-over-670-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/prince-william-selling-20-percent-of-royal-estate-for-over-670-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William selling 20 percent of royal estate for over $670 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/128143040.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Prince William reportedly plans to sell 20 percent of his royal estate over the next 10 years to invest more than $670 million in housing and nature projects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/royal-family\/article\/prince-william-sell-duchy-cornwall-land-homes-nature-mn8stvp76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Times reported<\/a> Monday the Prince of Wales will sell a fifth of Duchy of Cornwall \u2014 which he\u2019s controlled since his dad Charles <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/09\/09\/prince-charles-makes-first-public-address-as-king-of-england\/\">became king in 2022<\/a> \u2014\u00a0and consolidate his holdings around the five key \u201cheartlands\u201d: Cornwall, Dartmoour, the Isles of Scilly, the Bath area and Kennington in South London.<\/p>\n<p>William\u2019s goal is to invest in local affordable housing and environmental projects in those UK areas, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Prince William (pictured above at the new Birmingham site of the James\u2019 Place charity for men in suicidal crisis earlier this month) is reportedly planning to sell 20 percent of his estate over the next ten years to invest more than $670 million in housing and nature projects. <span class=\"credit\">POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>William plans to consolidate his holdings around five key \u201cheartlands\u201d in the UK (Former Archbishop Tenision\u2019s School on Kennington Oval, one site for the Duchy\u2019s future redevelopment, is pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">In Pictures via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not the traditional landowner\u2026 we want to be more than that. There is so much good we can do. I\u2019m trying to make sure I\u2019m prioritizing stuff that\u2019s going to make people\u2019s lives, living in those areas, better,\u201d the future king said in a statement, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce8pg8ryjkzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>William, 43, gets nearly $27 million a year from the Duchy of Cornwall, which was established in 1337 to provide income to the heir to the throne.<\/p>\n<p>The private estate is currently valued at nearly $1.5 billion, The Times reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>William (seen above in London in February) gets more than $27 million a year from the Duchy of Cornwall, according to The Times. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Prince of Wales (pictured above with wife Kate Middleton and their children) wants to invest hundreds of millions into housing in the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall and Kennington. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Duchy of Cornwall chief executive Will Bax told the outlet William decided the estate \u201cshouldn\u2019t just exist to own land. It should first and foremost exist to have a positive impact on the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t see an opportunity for positive impact, then perhaps we don\u2019t need to be a part of that place,\u201d Bax said about William\u2019s plans for the sale. <\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cBut where there is social need and where there is environmental challenge and where there is an opportunity to enable change, then we\u2019ll be a great partner in working with people to achieve that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>According to The Times, William (seen at a Chelsea vs. Manchester City match in May) decided his estate \u201cshould first and foremost exist to have a positive impact on the world.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cIf we don\u2019t see an opportunity for positive impact, then perhaps we don\u2019t need to be a part of that place,\u201d Duchy of Cornwall chief executive Will Bax told the outlet of William\u2019s mindset (he\u2019s seen here at Crow Tree Farm in England on May 5). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bax explained William plans to put nearly $215 million into housing in Scilly, Cornwall and Kennington, with the goal of making 10,000 to 12,000 homes between now and 2040.<\/p>\n<p>Bax also said they\u2019ll underwrite about $161 million of reinvestment into workplaces and places \u201cthat will create economy\u201d in the five heartlands.<\/p>\n<p>As for the environmental projects, Bax revealed William wants to invest nearly $27 million into environmental recovery schemes and nearly $360 million into wildlife projects.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The future king (pictured above with Middleton) wants to invest nearly $27 million into environmental recovery schemes and nearly $260 million into wildlife projects. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>William (seen above with Middleton at their 2011 wedding) has controlled the Duchy of Cornwall since his dad became king in 2022. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Times report also revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/18\/royal-family\/prince-william-kate-middletons-rent-for-forest-lodge-home-revealed\/\">William is paying $411,435 a year <\/a>to rent <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/11\/03\/royal-family\/prince-william-kate-middleton-celebrate-early-move-into-new-home-with-private-party\/\">Forest Lodge<\/a>, where he now lives with wife Kate Middleton and their children: Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, 8.<\/p>\n<p>The future king and queen moved to the eight-bedroom Georgian mansion \u2014 which is being dubbed their \u201cforever home\u201d \u2014 in October. <\/p>\n<p>The royal family previously lived in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/14\/inside-adelaide-cottage-the-new-home-of-prince-william-kate-and-kids\/\">Adelaide Cottage<\/a> for over three years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/18\/royal-family\/prince-william-selling-20-percent-of-royal-estate-for-over-670-million\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William reportedly plans to sell 20 percent of his royal estate over the 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