article_snippet: Prince Charles is considering adding to Prince Charles already impressive property portfolio .
article_snippet: Prince Charles is renowned for Prince Charles fearless passion for preserving historic property for the nation.
article_snippet: you might think Prince Charles had quite enough property on Prince Charles plate.
article_snippet: But now Prince Charles is planning to acquire more – Prince Charles is considering buying the 123-room, 16th Century Port Eliot House in Cornwall from the eccentric Earl of St Germans for a reported £10 million.
article_snippet: Of course, the properties do not technically belong to Prince Charles, being owned by either the Queen, one of Prince Charles charitable foundations, or the Duchy of Cornwall which has properties worth £763 million spread across 131,000 acres and 23 counties.
article_snippet: But the properties does provide the Prince of Wales with a ‘salary’ which rose to a record £19 million last year.
article_snippet: the properties’s also seen as something of a trust fund for Prince William, though Prince Charles has voluntarily paid tax on the Duchy income – £3.4 million in 2013 – for the past 20 years.
article_snippet: Prince Charles property buying has at times raised eyebrows.
article_snippet: While Prince Charles has made canny conservation purchases, Prince Charles has also spent wildly – such as when Prince Charles urged Prince Charles charitable foundation to borrow £20 million to help secure 18th Century Dumfries House after a deal to sell the 2,000-acre property to the Scottish National Trust fell through.
article_snippet: Prince Charles heard about the dilemma at a dinner at Windsor Castle and was so dismayed at the thought of the house and Windsor Castle Chippendale furniture going under the hammer after a local charity failed to raise more than half the purchase price that Prince Charles offered to ‘make up the difference’.
article_snippet: But the loan has since been paid off and Prince William seems ready for more deals.
article_snippet: Here we offer a glimpse into Prince William extraordinary property empire.
highlights_snippet: Prince Charles is considering adding to Prince Charles already impressive portfolio .
  