The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-23
WHAT ROYALTY COSTS.
E>si'sh Taxpayers Pouring millions Yearly
into the Laps OF their Princes

Enaitsh Tnnpayors Pouring millions neary
into the Lnps or their Princes
FROM the 6enaemens kaOa,fne
The allowance OF EGo,0OO year for tho
privy purse is the carrying out of commenda-
bic generosity With which great nation treats
already provided for She has houses TO live
in horses TO ride. food and wine provided In
aside for her dispensations in charity. and
over kS,00a year left Tor contingencies.
what channels Of Expenditure The queen lids lids
for this $50 900 allotted to tho pryy purse. nor
would lit it n rs some erSumsnpees Ge AK Gusi;
with the problem. But the question is thrust
upon the public by the repeated demands Tor
md w MIR. Fox. neither whose craftsmanship
nor whose Legally can be called in question;
inadequate to Tie purposes Of fully maintain.
ing and supporting the children Of the crown"
household liz liberay provided for. with u tri-
ding sum OF $4,000 in supp ement of cG0. 0OO Tor
s.nis the private income Of tho ady ON behalf
of whose children fresh demand Is now bong
Mosty the tho civil List was s srransJ on Tic
basis described There. was added us sort III
rhis, Of course, is q national estate; the
property, Of tho Sor people PIT with ~
Is Know. called IN d question S'n Il w %s la
slowed upon the Queen for her private use
and bcnedt. Since It's appropriation tho revo7
MUGS of the estut" have IN )re than doubled. [
years later. In lS47. the net revenues OF the
Duchy were E29.0 900. In 1878 they had reached
G63. 600; and on the 3lst of December, 1880 tho
vt date on which accounts were published; THO
GOES to tho Queen for her private use In add
litien to those item. there is capital sum Of
a .meJ NeiiI beauoathed to the Queen for her
personal use.
the means at the disposal OF her Majesty for
family objecs. we roach this conclusion: Civil
List. f6O.OOO: Duchy OF Lancaster. cts, 900 IN
3 eat.
S7.5o1. This gives a total Of $4,000 year.
discover any visibility on the part OF a lady
living in The manner adopted by the Queen.
,l Mr. fos to 70 tas Put
in the form Of conjecture. The three itens
from, which this total OF the Queens per:
forth either as Parliamentary estimates or
in Official documents. The E60060 from tho
thcir point Of duty worry properly endeavor to
source Of the private income of the Queen. !
u LANCASTER from the balance sheet issued on
the anth"rity of the Right honorable Gentle
was proved in Doctors Commons by the Keeper
as SS ra and Ind os,ss %s:
sworn under f250. 100.
But it would be an insult to common sense to
suppose that these items compose the full tale
Of the private income Of the Queen. 1t is cloar
that the amount allotted by Parliament in 1887
for the maintenance of the royal household
cannot DO spent in the circumstances OF the
scm- retirement in which it pleases the SOW
erisn to live. Thore must neods be. year after
year. great savings in the various departments.
for which, as we hrve seem, special provision is
other accounts. This has been going on for
twenty years. and within that rnriod the accu-
n,ulated savings OF the privy purse must have
reached enormous proportions
1t would bs Idle to indulge in wild gue.sses as
to what tho Queens income may be whsn we
INTEREST
or1innry sources. Figures are supplied that
accustomed to the miracles Of compound in
tercst may form his own estimate am con-
To xe n"W enH on tns n @
possible and conceivable charges for house,
hold hold expenses and SUBMIT 1at with this n
BY happy coincidence the sum availablo
for appropriation in thus natural manner
c;ssc, The Princess Royal draws eS 900 u year:
them ESQ. 900; tho Duke Of Edinburgh. $4,000:
tho Duke Of CSnnaught f25 900: Princess Hell
and Prince Leopold. sl5.O00. These make .
total Of sl3S.90o per year II y nov nov propossd
tional $4,000. whicn would bring the total de-
mand upon the head OF the fnmily to fl45 900.
he no difficulty in arnicably adjusting tho
small balance in family council. 1t win be
sen her Sas shs wou
stu have f325 900 year to spend putting en-
INFLATED savings.
This. however. Is an ofr-hand arrangement.
which II does not come within reasonable
probability to suppose would be adopted. or
even seriously discussed. ltwould be- said that
it is none of our business. and that we have no
more right to Interfere wi the family
rangements Of Queen Victoria than with those
Of our next door neighbor. This is quite true;
but IT is equally true. whom the British tax
payer is asked for Il fresh subsidy in relief OF
family arrangements. that be has the melan-
choiy ri ght to look into the matter in the sans
way as he might examine any other proposed
business transaction.