The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-12-30
BRITISH KING
IS POOR MAN
Forced To Sell Private Prop
critics To Meet House
hold Costs.

London, Dec. 24-King George V.
is a poor man and suffers more from
the severe economic conditions now
prevailing than is generally realized.
Most of the kings income comes from
crown lands and grants made from
the privy purse, in all about $780,
600 a year. Before the war, despite
the heavy demands on the royal purse.
this income more than sufficed; in
fact, Queen Victoria, notorious now
for her parsimony, saved fortune
out of it and died leaving close on
million sterling. Since the war,
however, the costs attached to the
royal household have quadrupled, and
the income from the crown lands has
been halved. The king can not let
any of his estate to American mill
lionaires as hunting boxes; he must
live in them and thus provide en-
ployment for the few thousands of re-
tanners.
A rich man DESTROYS of cutting ex-
penses fires few retainers and saves
on the board and wages. Not so the
royal servants. For generations
their families have served the rulers
of Great Britain, and their children
in generations to come will be expect
ed to serve similarly, therefore any
act depriving them of that inherit
lance is a thing unheard of. Royal
servants are born, not made.
Holyrood Palace, in Scotland;
Windsor Castle, Sandringham and
buckingham Palace are all establish
ments which carry a retinue of SER
wants and cost far more than the col
lective palaces of any millionaire. Yet |
none of these can be disposed of.
Then there are the costs o. the |
members of his own family. The !
prince of Wales is provided for, also
the duke of York and Princess Mary. |
The duke gets $4,000 year, but
half of that goes in income tax, from
which. unlike the king and the prince
of Wales, he has no exemption. So
the royal dad has to unloosen bit
to his second son now and again
The other two sons, Henry and
George, have practically to rub along
on their own army and navy pay, re-
spectively, helped along, no doubt,
by frequent remittance from the
queen.
The next big assault on the royal
bankroll will be Princess Mary's
dowry. Happily, she is marrying
very rich man, and the "dot" will
therefore be considerably smaller
than would have been the case had
she selected some young Continental
princeling as spouse Nevertheless,
she fortunate young bridegroom will
not have a penniless bride, but one
richly endowed and well jeweled; all
this, of course, means more inroads
into the kings's already sadly over
taxed banking account.
Undoubtedly the kings expenses
eAC6eu HIS luCOIuSs Last year luSIS
was big deficit, and the royal house
hold was seriously exercised. Unlike
the kings of Great Britain, in the
past, who in such circumstances un-
went to parliament for an
extra grant from the treasury. King
George realized that the assessable
qualities of his subjects were strain
ed to the very utmoEt and decided
to make ends meet by rigid house
hold economies.
The few private estates owned by
the king which have been bequeath-
ed to lin from purely private
sources have all been disposed of
privately; the last of all, his estate
in the Isle of Wight, is now in the
hands of real estate agent for sale
by private treaty and has been for
two months, but up to now there
has been no offer.