Non-official

Non-official

Non-official Expenditure - £2.539 million

In addition to paying for official duties of The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, some charitable activities and The Prince's Tax liabilities, the income from the Duchy of Cornwall is used to meet non-official expenditure of The Prince of Wales and his family.

Non-official expenditure includes the salary cost of 8.6 full-time equivalent personal staff, including personal secretaries, chefs, valets, and staff for The Prince of Wales, The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.

In addition there are 17.4 full-time equivalent estate, farm, garden and stable staff.  Personal expenditure also includes, as the largest single item, the appropriate share of the cost of Highgrove House and Birkhall, and of maintaining the estate and garden at Highgrove.  The garden is a valuable charitable asset visited every year, free of charge, by more than 31,402 people.

The costs of Home Farm, The Prince’s organic farm on the Highgrove Estate, are included under this heading. Home Farm is a working farm established by The Prince of Wales in part to demonstrate the commercial and environmental benefits of organic farming. It is visited by approximately 1,250 people annually to learn about organic farming.