The Richest Royal Family In The World

When you picture the richest royal family on Earth, you probably picture the Windsors — Buckingham Palace, the golden carriage, the crown jewels. But the British royals aren't the richest in the world. They're not even in the top five. Join me for a climb up the ladder of thrones, from the merely fabulously wealthy to a family that measures its fortune not in billions, but in trillions — with one question running the whole way up: where does the family end, and where does the country begin? From the House of Windsor and the Gulf's oil dynasties to the single richest monarch alive and the $1.4 trillion House of Saud, here's how the world's royal fortunes really stack up. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro: The Richest Royals 1:17 No. 7 — House of Windsor (UK) 2:44 No. 6 — Al Thani (Qatar) 4:09 No. 5 — Al Maktoum (Dubai) 5:17 No. 4 — Sultan of Brunei 6:30 No. 3 — King of Thailand 7:50 No. 2 — Al Nahyan (Abu Dhabi) 8:56 No. 1 — House of Saud 10:36 The Verdict 💷 THE LADDER (reported / estimated figures) • House of Windsor — royal family ~$28B; monarchy valued at ~£67B by Brand Finance (Crown Estate ~£15.6B); King Charles's personal fortune under $1B. • Al Thani (Qatar) — Emir Tamim ~$1–2B personally; the Qatar Investment Authority manages ~$500B and owns Harrods, The Shard, PSG and more. • Al Maktoum (Dubai) — Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid; the family that steers Dubai Holding, the Burj Khalifa, Emirates and Godolphin racing. • Sultan of Brunei — Hassanal Bolkiah ~$20–30B; his Istana Nurul Iman is the world's largest residential palace (1,788 rooms, 257 bathrooms), with a reported ~7,000-car collection. • King of Thailand — Maha Vajiralongkorn; the richest individual monarch, with Crown Property Bureau assets estimated $30–50B+ and the 545-carat Golden Jubilee Diamond. • Al Nahyan (Abu Dhabi) — ranked by Bloomberg as the world's 2nd-wealthiest family at over $300B, backed by the ~$1 trillion ADIA fund; owns Manchester City and stakes in SpaceX and Fenty. • House of Saud (Saudi Arabia) — ~15,000 members, an estimated ~$1.4 trillion collective fortune, and control of Saudi Aramco, whose 2019 IPO ($25.6B) was the largest in history at a ~$2 trillion valuation. Figures are journalists' and analysts' estimates — royal wealth blends personal and sovereign assets and can never be measured precisely. This is a documentary of luxury, presented for education and entertainment. 🎵 Music: "Ascending the Vale" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... #royalfamily #houseofsaud #richestroyals #luxury #billionaire #royalty #saudiarabia #abudhabi #wealth #monarchy