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The Queen and Prince Charles cash in on tens of thousands of pounds' worth of benefits every year

This is Scilly Isles from which the royal family benefits. (Photo: Mirror)

UNITED KINGDOM: Councils are shelling out the cash to the Royal Family for the rent of hard-up tenants who rely on the payments just to keep a roof over their heads.

Hard-up families struggling to cope with crippling rises in living costs are already angry that private ­landlords rake in thousands of pounds from housing benefits.

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