THE CIVIL LIST
£70,000 Pension For Queen Mary NO PROVISION FOR DUKE (Received 4, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 3. In the Civil List no provision is made for Princess Elizabeth 's marriage, as the committee considers it is a matter for fnture Parliaments to discuss. Provision for other members of the Royal Family totals £194,000. The limit of new grants in the Civil List pensions has been raised from £1200 to £2500 a year. This is the only chafrge on the Consoiidated Fund, except those dependent contingencies— for instance £70,000 a year to the Queen if she survives the King, and £10,000 a year to any son of the King Teaching the age of 21, and this amount may increased to £25,000 if he marries. Younger daughters, who reach the age of 21 are granted £6000. Queen Mary's pension of £70,000 is> maintained while no provision is made for the Duke of Windsor.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 91, 4 May 1937, Page 7
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