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The level of funding for the Royal Household is now linked to the Government's revenue from the Crown Estate . The Sovereign Grant Annual Report states that the Sovereign Grant was £31 million for 2012–13, £36.1 million for 2013–14 [6] and £37.9 million for 2014–15. The amount of the Sovereign Grant is equal to 15% of the income ...
The Queen receives all of the net profits from The Duchy, which she voluntarily pays income tax on. The Privy Purse is generally considered to be The Queen's private income, though it's unofficial. 3.
A large portion of the future King of England’s net worth comes from a roughly $12.3 million inheritance, received from the estate of his late mother, Princess Diana, on his 30th birthday in ...
The private secretary to the sovereign is the senior operational member of the Royal Household of the sovereign of the United Kingdom (as distinct from the great officers of the Household, whose duties are largely ceremonial). The private secretary is the principal channel of communication between the monarch and the governments in most of the ...
Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, died on 8 September 2022 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, at the age of 96. Elizabeth's reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch. She was succeeded by her eldest son, Charles III .
Research released by the Charities Aid Foundation in 2012 showed that Queen Elizabeth II's support of various charities helped them to raise £1.4 billion annually, or $1.66 billion. Those are the ...
Isabella of France. Isabella of France ( c. 1295 – 22 August 1358), sometimes described as the She-Wolf of France ( French: Louve de France ), was Queen of England as the wife of King Edward II, and de facto regent of England from 1327 until 1330. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of King Philip IV of France and ...
Berengaria of Navarre ( Basque: Berengela, Spanish: Berenguela, French: Bérengère; c. 1165–1170 – 23 December 1230) was Queen of England as the wife of Richard I of England. She was the eldest daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile. As is the case with many of the medieval English queens, little is known of her life.