Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-07-16
THE ROYAL FAMILY.
What the British Pay for Maintainin,
Royalty.

What the British Pay for Maintainin,
Royalty.
Some of the salaries and payment:
from the Civil List NAV be open to re
vision, and there are charges now inn
posed on the public which ought to be
transferred to the Civil List. But, or
the whole, the amount does not ap
pear excessive for the active discharge
of the manifold duties and obligations
of royalty, and we may now pass to
consider the claims of the family OF
the sovereign. 1t has been the custom
for Parliament to grant an annuity to
every Prince and Princess of the blood
royal. either upon majority, orphanage
or marriage. An example is found IN
the family of the Duke of Cambridge.
Each of his sisters-the Grand Duchess
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and the Ouch
eSS of Teck--receIves a Parliamentary
annuity of f3, 900 a.Year, and his Royal
Highness obtained in 1850 similar an
nulty of fI2. 900 for life. with condition
that it should cease if he became King
of Hanover. All the children of the sons
of Her Majesty will have claims the
same as those of the Duke of Cam
bridge and his sisters. The Queen s
daughters have become German Prin-
cesses-the youngest Is about to be-
come German Princess-and the rank
and fortunes of their children will not
be regulated by English arrangements.
Including the provision for Princess
Beatrice, the total annuity voted by
Parliament for the sons and daughters
of the Queen amounts to f157,00O. By
the death of the Duke of Albany and of
the Princess Alice the payment is re-
duced to f132. 900. According to pre-
cedent, the children, not only of the
Prince of Wales. but also of the Dukes
of Edinburgh, Connaught and Albany,
will be entitled to annuities. As to the
Duke of Edinburgh. the claim will lapse
upon the death of his nucle. the Grand
Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha- Parlia-
ment will insist upon definition and re-
striction of these claims. There can
be no doubt that the interests of the
royal family require avoidance of an
indefinite demand upon the public and
of the creation of a numerous royal
caste. No considerate friend of mon
archy would propose that the attributes
of royalty should be continued
to remote generations. The set
Element of this delicate matter should
be made by the Sovereign in council
with a wise and discreet Minister. 1t
is not desirable, for the same inter-
ests. that application should be mace
to Parliament on behalf of those
Princes and Princesses who do not
stand next to the throne. When the
Duke of Cambridge's annuity of f12,-
600 was discussed Mr.. Bright proposed
that the sum should be the limit of the
Dukes income from the public funds,
and it is certainly advisable that in the
case of all pensions there should be a
liability 10 deduction in respect of any
subsequent income from the same
sources. The grandson of an English
Duke may be a commoner, without
even title by courtesy, and it would
probably tend to the security of mon
archy if, under like conditions, the
grandson of the sovereign were not q
Royal Highness, and if the great
grandson became an untitled common
er. This follows when daughter of
the sovereign marries subject not of
royal blood. If this were the rule the
grandchildren of the Duke of Con-
naught would be in the same position
as those of the Princess Louise
Fort7ligatly RecieU.