The Irish standard., 1889-01-26
The COST OF ROYALTY.
What is Allowed by England to the
Gang Known as Queen Victoria
and Her Family.
SALARY OF HER MAjESTY'S
Estimated in the Neighborhood Of $4,000
600 Per Year, With Which She
Pulls Through Comfortably.

Pulls Through Comfortably.
Early last session it was freely
rumored in society and in the lobbies Of
Parliament that the Queen had grown
tired Of finding pocket money for young
Prince Albert Victor of Wales, popu-
larry known ;ss "Collars ana Cuffs, and
that i,l consequence her majesty's loyal
commons would be called upon to make
4. provision for the young mans needs
Oh 4 scale be6tting his position as eld~
s3st son of5he heir apparent to the throne
Of tbe British empire. Instantly the
radicals were up in arms; puplic meet
ings vera hsld, and some newspaper
dared to sl:n5 that the most seemly and
paturai caIrse would be for Queen Vic
toria, az head OF the family, to provide
for it's impacuDjous sclons by drawing
upc,l hex hcarled millions.
Tlao government, remembering the
long and acrimonious debates over the
last grant--t2iat to Prince Beatrice upon
her marriage to Prince Henry Of Bat
tenbnrg~bent before the storm and
delegated Viscount Cross, the Queen's
favcrite minister to inform her majesty
that the time Was not propitious. The
Queen atosmed and vowed her Will
should be- done. The governm nment stood
firm, and finally a. compromise was eff
fected, whereby the House OF Commons
was not called upon to vote any money
Just then, but the whole question Of
grants to members Of tha royal family
was referred to e. select committee Of
which MT. Gladstone is & member.
The ight however, has been only
postponed, anl it is practically certain
that battle royal will be fought next
session when the committee shall pre-
sent its report
Meanwhile Prince Albert Victor is
trying TO exc out 81 living Oh couple Of
thousands a year allowed him by his
father. and about as much which is
grudgingly doled out quarterly by his
par6lUlOnlOLS SIdUuHlutll6I.
IT IS no libel on His Royal Highness
{the capitals are de rigueur here) to state
that he has failed most completely to
live with his income. Such proceed
ing, would, indeed, be most unprincely
ant ut sl!atneful variance with the ira
dltions of the house Of Guelph. When
the Prince Of Wales came OF age, he
scooped into his pocket at once the COM
Portable sum OF 50, 900 600, the accumu-
latlons during his minority of the reye-
nues Of his hereditary Duchy of Corn
wall. This big sum was spent with
marvellous celebrity, and His Royal
Highness has never since had such g.
balance at his bankers, Albert Victor
has probably heard his father talk re-
gretful|y Of the good times which fol-
lowed his majority, and did not cease
with his marriage to Alexandria OF
Denmark. the most charming Princess
of modern times. II the father did not
talk, there we're plenty of people to tell
the lad all about it. What wonder,
then, that the young Prince began to
emulate the paternal powers before he
was out Of his teens, and is at it still.
Usurers are very kind when dealing
with the heir to crown. Albert Vic.
tors paper" does not float arouno the
money market; but it exists in plenty
and in due season will have to be met.
The Prince, unlike his father, will have
no accumulations of ducal or other rev.
enues to draw upon when Queen VIC
toria shall be gathered to her fathers,
but he can count reasonably upon a
good fat legacy from his royal grand
mother.
Her Majesty Queen Victoria must be
a very rich woman-probably the rich
est Of her sex living. During the life
time Of her husband, Prince Albert of
Sake. Coburg Gotha, she did not spend
more than one fifth of her income.
Since his death, twenty-six years ago,
she must have saved quite three-tourths
Of her revenue What her savings must
be may be estimated from the following
statement as TO her official income.
Her Majesty receives as Queen an an
nual salary, termed the civil list, of
81, 925, 600; as Duchess Of Lancaster she
draws annually $2v5, 600, and pension
of A,015 in lieu of prisage and butler
age on wines imported into the duchy,"
whatever that may mean. This sum of
$2,000,0OO odd is almost clear profit.
Her Majesty does not even have to be
charitable out of her own pocket, for
parliament grants every year about
81 900 for royal charities and bounties.
Americans who attend British race
meeting are always impressed with the
evidence they afford Of the sovereign's