King Charles has been accused of profiting from the dead as insiders claim his property empire is using their assets as ‘free money’ and a ‘slush fund’. The monarch’s private estate the Duchy of Lancaster has long collected assets owned by people who died in its jurisdiction without a will or next of kin in a feudal system known as ‘bona vacantia’. In the past decade it has collected more than £60million which - after costs - is said be distributed to charities set up by the late Queen. These
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee began a three-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, with a pomp-filled ceremonial welcome from King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.It began with a ceremonial welcome on Tuesday morning from Queen Camilla and Charles, his son and heir Prince William and wife Catherine, as well as Sunak and Foreign Secretary David Cameron.
The Prince and Princess of Wales have welcomed the South Korean President to Buckingham Palace alongside the King and Queen, ahead of this evening's glittering state banquet.