Rising cost of Britain’s Royal Family

British taxpayers pay an annual Sovereign Grant to the Royal Household to support the monarch’s official business. In exchange, The Queen surrenders the revenue from The Crown Estate to the government


Official expenditure	Income revenue* (£ millions per year†)

Increase: £19.6 million (41%) compared to 2018. Includes £14.1m expenditure on
renovation of Buckingham Palace

32.4 33.3 35.7 35.7 39.8 41.9  47.4 67.0
10.0 11.6 13.4 13.3 13.9 14.9  17.3 17.8
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017† 2018 2019

*Property rental income, management charges, functions etc. 

Year to March 31 


Source: Sovereign Grant Annual Report and Accounts 
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