The Guardian - Royals took £1.2bn in private income from estates

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The Guardian reports that the King and the late Queen Elizabeth II have received payments equivalent to more than £1bn from two estates at the centre of a centuries-old debate over whether their profits should be given to the public instead. 

The front page also leaves a small amount of space to report on the Met Police facing its biggest scandal and Nicola Sturgeon’s husband being questioned into SNP funding inquiry. 

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