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King Charles to reveal personal tax bill for first time as monarch
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- Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent PA Media The King, seen at Royal Ascot this week, will publish how much tax he pays King Charles will become Britain's first monarch in modern times to reveal his personal tax bill.
- His tax payments will be shared on Thursday as a new element in the annual royal financial accounts, with the decision said by Palace sources to have been a personal one by the King.
- Buckingham Palace says the move is part of a modernising drive for greater transparency and to "encourage wider understanding of our accountability".
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Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent PA Media The King, seen at Royal Ascot this week, will publish how much tax he pays King Charles will become Britain's first monarch in modern times to reveal his personal tax bill.
His tax payments will be shared on Thursday as a new element in the annual royal financial accounts, with the decision said by Palace sources to have been a personal one by the King.
Buckingham Palace says the move is part of a modernising drive for greater transparency and to "encourage wider understanding of our accountability".
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