Dig deep and pay taxes, rovals fold

Three-quarters of us urge King &Wills to help

-  NICK SOMMERLAD

THREE-QUARTERS of people think the royals should pay corporation and capital gains tax on their private estates.

The poll findings come after the Mirror, with Dispatches and the Sunday Times, investigated King Charles III's inherited Duchy of Lancaster empire and Prince William's Duchy of Cornwall.

We found the King and his heir earn millions in rent from the NHS and other public bodies annually.

But a survey by Survation for 38 Degrees found that only 35% of people think the royals should be allowed to profit from renting their land to public services and charities.