There was much interest in the move by King Charles to reveal for the first time how much income tax he pays, but in ways, the numbers that emerged this past week add to the longstanding opaqueness around royal finances.

Charles released his tax information for the period he has been king of Britain as part of a push for greater transparency after the scandal involving the former Prince Andrew.

King to end 189 years of history by moving out of Buckingham Palace, royals reveal as the monarch becomes the first ever to share the amount of tax paid