British royals' rank revealed in top richest families in the world list

King Charles' brood is not the richest royal family in the world

By Web Desk
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May 22, 2024

Royal families around the world bask in mulitude of wealth with their net worth varying from one another.

As per a report from Love Money published in March this year, royal family of Saudi Arabia reigns supreme with a net worth of $1.4 trillion (£1.1tn).

The current King Salman is thougt to be the richest individual member of the family with a $18 billion (£12.9bn) fortune.

Meanwhile, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is the second wealthiest individual member of the family with an estimated net worth of $13.4 billion (£9.6bn).

Royal family of Kuwait, Qatar, and Abu Dhabi follow shortly after, with respective worths of $360 billion, $335 billion, and $150 billion.

As for the British royal family, they are ranked number five with an estimated worth of whopping $88 billion, as per Forbes in 2017.

Their fortune is made up of a slew of valuable assets, one of which is the highly lucrative Duchy of Lancaster estate.

King Charles had a personal fortune of around $100 million prior to taking the throne. His mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II had an estimated net worth of $428.3 million, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2020.