Despite his plans to streamline the bloated institution before his death, King Charles is now presiding over the most expensive monarchy in Europe, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

That's according to a new investigation that charts a dramatic rise in public funding and private wealth across the Windsor family. Article continues below advertisement

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The claims are forensically set out in Royal Mint, National Debt: The Shocking Truth about the Royals' Finances , a new book by author Norman Baker, which argues Britain's royal household has grown into a uniquely costly institution, and RadarOnline.com has seen all the figures backing that up.

Baker's book traces the modern system of royal finance

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