Finances of other members of the Royal family

Finances of other members of the Royal family

Under the Civil List Acts, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and The Duke of Edinburgh receive annual parliamentary allowances to enable them to carry out their public duties. Since 1993, The Queen has repaid to the Treasury the annual parliamentary allowances received by other members of the Royal family.

The annual amounts payable to members of the Royal family are:

Parliamentary annuities (not repaid by The Queen)
HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother£643,000
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh£359,000

Parliamentary annuities (repaid by The Queen)
HRH The Duke of York£249,000
HRH The Prince Edward£96,000
HRH The Princess Royal£228,000
HRH The Princess Margaret£219,000
HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester£87,000
TRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
TRH The Duke and Duchess of Kent
HRH Princess Alexandra, Hon. Lady Ogilvy
*£636,000

* Of the £636,000, £175,000 is provided by The Queen to The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, £236,000 to The Duke and Duchess of Kent and £225,000 to Princess Alexandra.

As with the Civil List itself, most of these sums are spent on staff who support public engagements and correspondence.

 
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