
George Arbuthnott
@arbuthnott
Deputy Editor, The Sunday Times Insight Team. Five-time British Journalism Award Winner. Author: Failures of State (tinyurl.com/y65nvflv)
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"The King hasn't declared that he's receiving huge sums of the charities money." The King is making millions by levying charges on public services including state schools, the ambulance service and life boat stations, says The Sunday Times's George Arbuthnott.

If you've been watching Channel 4 Dispatches' investigation into the land owned by Charles and William, you might like my map of the royal estates - the thousands of acres belonging to the Duchies of Cornwall & Lancaster, and the Crown Estate: google.com/maps/d/u/0/ediā¦


SHOCKING Sunday The Times and The Sunday Times & #Dispatches investigation into the grubby & secretive earnings of the Royal Family Incl charging huge rents to Marie Curie & Macmillan charities WHICH THEY'RE PATRONS OF & which WE donate to. They get the money! The list is long Follow Jonathan Calvert


āTheir tentacles stretch just about everywhere across the UK.ā The King and Prince William are earning millions from charging councils and government departments, with some of these charges being āreally pettyā, says Jonathan Calvert. @ChloeTilley | #TimesRadio | Calum Macdonald

What investigative journalism is about - royal bombshell in my paper today by ā¦Jonathan Calvertā© ā¦George Arbuthnottā© ā¦Katie Tarrantā© and ā¦Tom Calverā© and his data supremos thetimes.com/uk/royal-familā¦

Every time you use the River Mersey Ferry, the King profits, an investigation by Dispatches and The Times and The Sunday Times reveals. The Duchy of Lancaster, which owns the coastline from Barrow to the River Mersey, charges the publicly-owned ferry a yearly fee for mooring at a pier on Duchy land.


'This is one of the grimmest things I've ever read about my country.' 'They are taking the mickey!' James O'Brien reacts to the Royal Family's 'obviously egregious and completely indefensible' receipt of millions in rent income from the NHS, schools, and the armed forces.

PODCAST: How we uncovered that the King and Prince William are funding their luxury lifestyles by secretly levying multi-million pound charges on the very institutions and charities they represent With ā¦Jonathan Calvertā© and ā¦Luke Jonesā© podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/theā¦

Dispatches investigations editor Alistair Jackson spoke on The Media Show to discuss the journalism behind 'The King, the Prince and their Secret Millions'. The film has been the highest watched Dispatches this year and received 13 million views across our socials.




After a year of interviews, GET IN, the full story of Labourās path to power under Keir Starmer and first months in government by me and Patrick Maguire, is out on 13 February. Pre-order it now. amazon.co.uk/Get-Inside-Stoā¦

Andrew Norfolk, recently retired reporter for The Times and The Sunday Times (that's the "MSM") exposed the scale of failure to go after rape gangs in the UK way back in 2011. He devoted years to the story. Listen to him.

One of my responsibilities is working with the Insight team of Jonathan Calvert and George Arbuthnott This meticulous (and sprawling) investigation revealed some astonishing facts about Prince Charles and Prince William 4/ thetimes.com/uk/royal-familā¦

The paywall of The Sunday Times has been dropped today so anyone can read all of the revelatory investigations, scoops and analysis entirely for free. Visit The Times and The Sunday Times

Exclusive Sunday Times investigation: Thousands of students are suspected of fraudulently claiming hundreds of millions from Britainās university loan system. Officials fear an āorganised recruitmentā of Romanian nationals in particular. W/ Harry Yorke thetimes.com/article/2ea143ā¦