Talk:Civil list

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According to the Chancellor article (under Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster) only the Queen and her husband are on the civil list. This article says otherwise although it is not specific. So who is on this list nowadays? Was this reduced when the quenn started paying taxes and tried to run Princess Michael out of the apartment, etc. Rmhermen 17:24 8 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Contrary to what the article mentioned, the Civil List is not taken from taxpayers' money, the royal family's income is in fact an annual grant which is derived from the Crown Lands.

Why is it that the article says that the list was 8.153m GBP, but this article(*The price of monarchy: two pints of milk) in the external links says that it is 36b GBP?

The Guardian article doesn't say anything of the sort -- the total amount spent, including on fixed assets, was 36 m GBP, but what is defined here as the Civil List -- basically the Queen's salary and household running expenses -- was about 9 m GBP. -- Arwel 03:14, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Income Tax

What does the Queen (voluntarily) pay income tax on? Is it the civil list, or another income?

[edit] 1670

The article says: "It was created in 1660 but 10 years later, King George III agreed to surrender the hereditary revenues of the Crown in return for the Civil List; this arrangement continues today."

That can't possibly be right. 10 years after 1660 Charles II was still king. George III didn't become king until 1760.

According to http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page4971.asp the change happened in 1760 at the accession of George III Bathterror 07:51, 7 July 2006 (UTC)