Twitter is being sued by the crown estate for allegedly failing to pay rent on its London headquarters.
The estate, which manages property belonging to King Charles III, filed a claim against Twitter in the high court in the capital last week.
The alleged rental arrears relates to the office space near Piccadilly Circus in central London, according to the BBC.
Twitter did not immediately respond for a request for comment.
The crown estate, which owns a property portfolio worth £15.6bn, including 241 locations in central London, said the court action related to “rental arrears” on the social media platform’s office space in the British capital.
It comes after Twitter was taken over by Elon Musk, the co-owner of Tesla and SpaceX, in October last year.
Musk paid $44bn (£36bn) for the platform and quickly initiated sweeping job cuts to the firm’s 7,000-strong workforce – cutting it by 50%.
Musk’s takeover has not been without issues, including a chaotic relaunch of the blue tick scheme for verified users led to a number of impersonator accounts and advertisers withdrawing from the platform over concerns about a rise in hate speech.
The firm has reportedly been hit by a 40% drop in revenue after more than 500 clients paused their spending, with high-profile brands such as Audi and Pfizer halting advertising.
The BBC reports that the crown estate took legal action after previously contacting the social media company about the alleged rental arrears at its office space.
The estate is one of the largest landowners in the UK, and although the portfolio belongs to the monarch, it is not private property.
The revenue from the estate goes to the Treasury for public spending and in return the monarch receives the sovereign grant.
