Cost Of Royalty And Nobility

The British government pay anually C400, 000 to support the Queen and her household. It pays annually L100,000 to the widovv of King William, and has paid the Duke of We'lington since ho entered the army to the Dresent year, the enortnous sum of =L1,800,)00 sterling! Besides this the Duke now ïolds offices, yielding au income of .L12,364. This will not always be so - a day of reckoning is at hand.