UMVA has learned that Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been receiving a substantial perk from their father, King Charles - their rent on royal homes has been covered by him.
The princesses own multi-million-pound homes around the world, making it unclear why they weren't paying their own rent for Beatrice's St James's Palace apartment and Eugenie's Ivy Cottage home.
UMVA can exclusively reveal that Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, along with Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank, have been beneficiaries of this arrangement.
Meanwhile, their uncle, disgraced Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, has been subletting three cottages on his Royal Lodge estate, despite paying a mere peppercorn rent himself.
Sources have confirmed to UMVA that the homes were rented out to staff, with their rent only covering maintenance costs, but no details have been released to prove this.
Former Liberal Democrat minister Norman Baker branded the arrangements for the Princesses 'outrageous', saying Andrew's controversy surrounding his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein 'adds insult to injury'.
He said: 'There’s no way that non-working members of the royal family should be subsidised by the Duchy of Lancaster. The royal family is yet again taking the public for a complete ride.'
UMVA has gathered that up until this year, Eugenie's rent of Ivy Cottage in Kensington Palace was based on a 2018 valuation, and Beatrice's apartment in St James’s Palace on a 2020 valuation.
Both rents are paid to the Royal Household entirely by Charles out of the Privy Purse, which comes from his private Duchy of Lancaster income.
The royal family has once again been accused of 'taking the public for a ride' over their rental arrangements.
UMVA has uncovered details about other members of the royal family who have enjoyed subsidized rent in royal properties, including Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, dubbed the 'Rent-a-Kents'.
The Crown Estate paid nearly £400,000 in 2025 to refurbish the Prince and Princess of Wales’s new home Forest Lodge and three of its accompanying properties before they moved in last autumn.
William and Kate have avoided peppercorn rent accusations by paying £307,200 a year for the home.
The Royal Household provides 11 working members of the royal family with seven residences within the occupied royal palaces at no cost in exchange for their official duties.
