Does the British Monarchy recieve and money or support from the tax payers?

Question

Does the British Monarchy recieve and money or support from the tax payers?

Answer 1

The Queen receives the Civil list for all engagements and investitures she carries out on behalf of the nation. However, the money she brings in to the country or is raised from the Crown estates (through rent and leases) is far in excess of the money she receives as part of her role

Answer 2

I believe they recieve ALL their money from the tax payer...

Answer 3

The British Parliament meets much of the sovereign's official expenditure from public funds. The Civil List is the sum that covers most expenses, including those for staffing, state visits, public engagements, and official entertainment. The size of the Civil List is fixed by parliament every ten years; however, any money saved may be carried forward to the next ten-year period. Thus, the monarch's Civil List expenditure in 2003 was approximately £9.9 million. In addition, the sovereign receives an annual Property Services Grant-in-Aid (£15.3 million for FY 2003–2004) to pay for the upkeep of the royal residences, as well as an annual Royal Travel Grant-in-Aid (£5.9 million for FY 2003–2004). The Civil List and the Grants-in-Aid are paid from public funds.

Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy_Purse

Answer 4

Simply put....they are born with a silver spoon in their mouth.

Answer 5

From http://www.royal.gov/uk/output/Page4965....

the Queen and the Duke receive about 62 pence per tax payer per year;the rest of the royals are not on the Civil List and the Queen meets their needs if they work for her.Prince Charles is independently wealthy,earning an income from the Duchy of Cornwall.Royals who don't have jobs with the Queen work elsewhere:

"Head of State expenditure is the official expenditure relating to The Queen's duties as Head of State and Head of the Commonwealth.

Head of State expenditure is met from public funds in exchange for the surrender by The Queen of the revenue from the Crown Estate. In the financial year to 31 March 2006 the revenue surplus from the Crown Estate paid to the Treasury amounted to £190.8 million.

Head of State expenditure for 2006-07 was £37.4 million. This was 0.03% less than in the previous year (decrease of 2.7% in real terms).

Head of State expenditure has reduced significantly over the past decade, from £87.3 million (expressed in current pounds) in 1991-92.

Head of State expenditure excludes the costs of Police and Army security and of Armed Services ceremonial, as figures are not available.  

Every year the Royal Household publishes an Annual Summary of Head of State expenditure, together a full report on Royal public finances. The two-page Annual Summary and full Royal Public Finances report can be downloaded as Acrobat pdf files at the bottom of this page.

A summary of Head of State expenditure met from public funds in the year to 31 March 2007 reads as follows:

2007 2006

£m £m

The Queen's Civil List (figures are for calendar years 2007 and 2006)  12.2 11.2

Parliamentary Annuities 0.4 0.4

Grants-in-aid 20.6 20.3

Expenditure met directly by Government Departments and the Crown Estate 4.1 5.5



There are four sources of funding for The Queen, or officials of the Royal Household acting on Her Majesty's behalf, in both a public and private capacity.

These are: the Civil List, the Grants-in-Aid for upkeep of Royal Palaces and for Royal travel, the Privy Purse and The Queen's personal wealth and income.

The Civil List is the sum provided by Parliament to meet the official expenses of The Queen's Household so that Her Majesty can fulfil her role as Head of State and Head of the Commonwealth.

It is not in any sense 'pay' for The Queen, but funding for her official work.

The Civil List dates back to the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, but the current system was created on the accession of George III in 1760.

In that year it was decided that the whole cost of civil government should be provided by Parliament in return for the surrender of the hereditary revenues (mainly the net surplus of the Crown Estate) by the Sovereign.

In the financial year 2005-06 the revenue surplus from the Crown Estate paid to the Treasury amounted to £190.8 million.

As a result of Royal Household efficiency savings and lower than expected inflation during the period up to December 2000, a reserve of £35.3 million was carried forward. The annual amount of the Civil List for the next 10 years for the period up to December 2010 remained fixed at £7.9 million.

In 2005, Civil List expenditure amounted to £11.2m. Since the transfer of additional expenditure to the Civil List with effect from 1 April 2001, Civil List expenditure exceeds the annual £7.9 million payment, and amounts are therefore now withdrawn from the reserve each year, rather than being paid into it.

The budget for each year's projected net Civil List spending is reviewed by the Treasury, which audits the accounts and verifies that the Household's financial management is in line with best practice.

About 70 per cent of Civil List expenditure goes to pay the salaries of staff working directly for The Queen.

In 2005 the Civil List amounted to £11.2m.

Only The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh receive funding from the Civil List. The Queen reimburses the annual parliamentary allowances received by other members of the Royal Family.

Their duties include dealing with State papers, organising public engagements and arranging meetings and receptions undertaken by The Queen.

The Civil List also meets the costs of functions such as Royal garden parties and receptions and official entertainment during State Visits. Her Majesty entertains over 48,000 people each year.

Details of expenditure are published in an Annual Summary and in the Annual Report. Civil List figures (unlike financial data for the Grants-in-Aid) cover a calendar year rather than a financial year."

Answer 6

Taxation is NOW paid by Lizzy.

She doesn't need to budget.

Answer 7

Yes. Where do you THINK they get their wealth? The American stock market?