The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-08-21
THE ROYAL FAMILY.
What tho British Pay for Maintaining
Royalty.

What tho British Pay for Maintaining
Royalty.
Some of the salaries and payments
from the Civil List NAV be open to re-
vision, and there are charges now i'm
posed on the public which ought to be
transferred to the Civil List. But, on
the whole, the amount does not APP
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 Parl; ament 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 fam ly of the Duke of Cambridge.
Each of his sisters-the Grand Duchess
of Mecklenburg-Strel t. and the Ouch
ess of Teck--receives Parliamentary
annuity of $4,000 year. and his Royal
Highness obtained in 1850 asimilar an
nuity of Ell 600 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 3
daughters have become German Prin-
cesses-the youngest is about to be
come a German Princess-and the rank
and fortunes of their CHI ldren 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 f157.0 cog. 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 numerous royal
caste. No considerable 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 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 to deduction in respect OF any
subsequent income from the same
sources. The grandson of an English
Duke NAV be a commoner. without
even q title by courtesy, and it would
probably tend to the security of mon
archy II. under like conditions, the
grandson of the sovereign were not a
..Royal Highness," and if the great
grandson became an untitled common
er. This follows when a 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
Fortnightly Reriew.