The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-08-03
Cost of Royalty in England.


amount paid By the nation as allowances
to the Queens children amounts to e131.-
600 year. Since their Royal Highnesses
happily came of age the nation has con-
tributed upwards of el 800 900 for their
maintenance"
Beginning with the Queen-the late
Prince ConsOrt Albert, by the way, had an
income Of 100000 a year, granted by
England-we find that Her Majesty has
an annual allowance ''for the support of
her household and of the honor and dignity
of the Crown" of 93s5, 900, application of
which allowance is, however, limited in a
prescribed form. Sixty thousand pounds
are paid into the privy purse, e231 ,26O
are applied to the payment of salaries of
the royal household, f44,24 for retiring
allowances and pensions to servants, 913,-
200 for "royal bounty, aims and special
services, the unappropriated surplus of
f36, 300 being applied, if necessary, in aid
of the general expenditure of the Court.
In addition to this the Queen receives the
revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster, which
have averaged, after all deductions, e35,-
7SS year for the last decade, amounting
now to f43,000 per annum, the sum in
creasing steadily. Her Majesty's private
means are very large, but her income there
from is not known, and if it were would
not figure is this estimate.
The Prince of Wales has e40, 900 year,
exclusive of the revenues of the Duchy Of
Cornwall. In 1910 these averaged about
&13,000 4 year, but under his fathers
prudent management they have increased
vastly. In 1876 the Princes net income
from this source was ETC, 1875, or rather
more than Els, 900 in increase of the net
revenue for 1867. 1t is no secret that the
heir to the throne is seriously troubled with
debts-debts, too, which he has been COM
PEELED to incur through the duty of enter
tanning, devolved upon him during the
Queens seclusion. The Princess of Wales
has an allowance of 100000 a year, to be
trebled in the event of her widowhood.
Since he attained his majority, in 1866,
the Duke of Edinburgh has had an allow
ance Of 915,000, a further allowance of
100000 year being made in 1874 at
his marriage. Should she survive him,
the Duchess will have an income of Co.
900. The Duke of Connaught has had
fl5,0O year since he came of age, in
1871; this allowance it is now proposed to
increase by 10000. When in due course
he succeeds the Duke Of Cambridge as
Commander in Chief, an Office for which
he is in training, he viii have a largely
augmented income, especially if he holds
al equal plurality of colonelcies. Prince
Leopold, who came of age in 1874, has
Ella, 900 year-so the "Peerage" asserts,
though the Statesman's Year Book makes
the charge for him upon the Consolidated
Fund only $4,000 year. His unmar-
ried sister, the frequently-reported-to-b
engaged Princess Beatrice, has as yet no
allowance, though in due course she will
receive her marriage portion. The Prin-
cess Royal, the future Empress of Ger
many, has $4,000 year for life, in addi-
tion to the dover of 94O,O granted her
at her marriage; the Princess Alice of
Hesse, the Princess Helena (wife of Prince
Christian and the Princess Louise each
received ego 900 dover and an annual
allowance of $4,000 for life on the occa-
sion of their espousals
Besides the Queens children there are
other members of the royal family in re-
ceipt of direct allowances from the people.
The Duke of Cambridge has an annuity of
912,O00 year; his mother, the Dowager
Duchess, has $4,000 year, and his two
sisters, tie Princess Mary of Teck and the
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,
are allowed respectively $4,000 and e3,-
600 year.
Such is the cost to England of her royal
family, excluding the salaries and allow
apees to which such of its members as
hold positions in the public services may
be entitled.