The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-13
THE. QUEENS NEW WILL.
Present Fortune Of Her Majesty Es-
timsted at 0O,000.000.
HER ANNUAL REVENUE IS ENORMOUS,
OLD VIII Has Been In Existence .
Qaarter OF . Century-ChanGcs In
Family Nccessitate New One.

throughout the Kingdom. an interest uoe
partly to the fact that she Is the nrst En-
glish sovereign who has ever had anything
to leave and partly TO the TACT thAt her
private fortune is supposed to be enormous
The Will now In existence was made
more than a quarter Of century ago
Since then the numerous births ana deaths
that have taken place in the royal faEaiH
have rendered necessary the addition Of
such q large number Of eodicils and alter
atoms to the original document that but
little o. the latter remains. With the OBJ
.ect, therefore. OF simplifying her naJesiy's
testamen;ary dispositions al entirely new
will Is 10 be made. which. however, w,il
never be maie public For European roy-
atty possesses over Ordinary mar;als the
advantage OF being exempt from all ta1s='
OF succession and probate dues while iheir
wills ase regarded as state secrets. and
therefore una, for publication.
Nicioris's successors upon the throne
boque2thci 10 their SUCCESSORS nothing bat
debts. which parliament WAS called uroL
20 psy. While The queen thus permitted
the nation 10 settle the liabilities O! her
uncIes, George ~ and William ", sh9
made po.a, Immediately after her succrs-
sion to pay OF In fun the large debts ron-
tracted by her father the Duke q Ken
who had died while she was IN the esrl.ss;
infancy. This. the portioulrE q her dAueh-
tiers. as well as some ~ her grantcaush-
tiers, who have in each case received from
her q dowry Of S50a, zoe on marrying. and
the settlement On one occasion OF some
pressing liabilities o. the Prince o. Wales.
may be said 20 have constituted the only
heavy expenses which the queen has been
called upon TO meet si-ce she ascel3ed the
;hrone in 1851
HER REVENUE ENORMOUS.
From ;ast time forth uafii the present
day she has been in receipt q civil list
amounting 70 close upon So 1Da ~ rsar.
OF this ibe mater portion SIS assisrcl TO
defpire heads q royal expenditure. But
s5o0.ooo per auuum IS devoted TO what is
called the queens privy purse. sai con-
stiiutes Aer poke, money. CT whleh no &C.
court IS ever asked. Bes .des this she has
At her disposal the yet revenues Of the
duchy Of Lancaster ~hieh have amounted
or an average TO sGoo o5l a year more,
From this it Viii be seer that at'er Az
INK ali the expenses e every conceivable
character, down &c her very charities ard
seTvUctS wages. betrayed oui II the civil
~ ~ 49, a.. ~ al. -sa lis s.t ,.hieb
shs Is knnHn 20 have SET aside. This !u
iaeN. Haea added ny, represents q mini
mn ~ s.''2 'y 80 .'' a.. 49,, ~,
Is,Csster as. I'D me inc Increasing me
Ret rrTe@lc .os list year being cot loss ihaa
10000 o- $40 e2a. g. o1ri11Ief with eco
~ ~ - - 80,
-, s.,ft io,,si,. --,y..+,.f ,or he most mart
In lard which h.s ir-r.tea5 almost IN
90 b, vqire 4trf-- fhn lest N.N crrturv
II Is 10 ,rs.grret4an to estimate the rrcs-
r..t soY.ure - her r-15ss,y from these
ss.urree alone gs In lis seiehborsood Of
sYUa Nrt 0n
IL addition 20 this Il must > 70 horne IN
mind mar all the savings au; ~ 'hese pay
oclilzr branches ~ tho civil l.s, ibar are
assigned 20 The various Departments ~ The
ro,al household are urr-d otsr 80 the
queen. These savings are estimated on par
uaueufsry ard cyrert gutlorirv 10 Lave
amounted since tnc dDats of The prince
cousort dcrriNcd Tie court ~ ST. James ~
20 much - !,s oil-tim, ,ienio-. 20 some
:z50.0o9 Per aruum The prince COMFORT dled
IN isnl and. estimating these a9yires on
the assigned portion II the civil us; A.
$4,000 Tor th.ry-ave years. one arrives
at the respectable fEure II Ss.15u.oo0
which ct compound interest has Of COURSE.
increased 20 a much larger sum
THE PRINCE CONsDnT--S LEGACY
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P.'"eV e'N'S'' 20 "'N" " nav '''
VIII hequeatning bis entire fortune II
the queen, although II was never offlclaiij
diyuieed. During tho ,Neaty-three wear
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'-AN '"- '"'' 49, .'N''- ms ma - -
and his death he Hal received from tn
English treasury an annuity o, $3.50. 900 be
s,4e v,l,tch h. mad a nr,,ate fortune az l.i
oNn which welded nit, ahout S9oYo
Vcar A. he nue.r's husband ne h,I t,-,c
;irally no cIn,i,s.. no r,,,,, s,-ce mo, ...,r
all sr,ray,-, ~ ,hos, ~ hsr ,rsi,-.i, al,
~ Ina s.rJpneS ,,ortlor. N the -i,i rs,
ana 4, IA Lrovn maj h.. was ahle IN So
sside ami invesr a, loo, sfo1 1go a ,,.
throus-,,o,,i his married NE Tbis sno,,ot
rot,n 81 30o 90 The major uor,io,, nj rit
WAS indiciously invested in land at souu
kensinRlon, which was AZ that tine htl
81 eo,.,-e1 81 - o ,,. -, I'm ,o~H
rlous mansions IN London and lg worth =.
more for the square foot than IL was tort
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