Prince Charles is the heir to the British throne (Image: GETTY)
That increase puts the heir to the throne at a worth of an unbelievable £1,099,748,000. The income he gains from the Duchy of Cornwall is £21.6million, which is £100,000 down on the previous financial year. Charles owns land and property across 23 English and Welsh counties.
He owns 52,760 hectares of land and 2,360 hectares of woodland.
The father to William and Harry has long been a keen proponent of sustainable energy use and the buildings on his estate have had an 87 percent reduction in emissions.
The travel-related emissions have been cut by 18 percent.
Charles’s increase in wealth puts him roughly level with the 10th richest royal in the world, Prince Albert II of Monaco, who according to Business Insider had a net worth of $1billion (£788million) in
