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 4 THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM

Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India.' By proclamation of July 17, 1917, the Royal family became known as the House and Family of Windsor.

By Letters Patent of November 30, 1917, the titles of Royal Highness and Prince or Princess are (except for existing titles) to be restricted to the Sovereign's children, the children of the Sovereign's sons, and the eldest living son of the eldest son of the Prince of Wales.

The Regency Act, 1910 (10 Edw. VII. and 1 Geo. V., ch. 26) appointed Queen Mary to act as regent in the event of the demise of the King and his succession by any of his children under the age of 18 years.

Provision is made for the support of the Royal household by the settlement of the Civil List soon after the commencement of each reign. (For historical details, see Year- book for 1908, p. 5.) By Act of 10 Ed. VII. and 1 Geo. V. c. 28 (August 3, 1910), the Civil List of the King, after the usual surrender of hereditary revenues, is fixed at 470,000*., of which 110,0001. is aupropriated to the privy purse of the King and Queen, 125,800/. for salaries of the Royal household and retired allowances, 103.000Z. for household expenses, 20,000!. for works, 13,2002. for alms and bounty, and 8,0002. remains unappropriated. The same Civil List Act of 1910 also provides for an auuuity of 70,0002. to Queen Mary in the event of her surviving the King. Should the Prince of Wales marry, the Princess of Wales will receive an annuity of 10,0002., and should she survive the Prince of Wales, this annuity will be raised to one of 30,0002. Further, there is to be paid to trustees for the benefit of the King's children (other than the Duke of Cornwall) an annual sum of 10,0002. in respect of each son (other than the Duke of Cornwall) who attains the age of 21 years, and a further annual sum of 15,0002. in respect of each such son who marries, and an annuity of 6,0002. in respect of each daughter who attains the age of 21 Or marries. The First Commissioner of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Keeper of the King's Privy Purse are appointed the Royal Trustees under this Act. Queen Alexandra, the Queen-Mother, receives the annuity of 70,0002. provided by the Civil List Act of 1901. Civil List pensions may be granted, but are not chargeable on the sum paid for the Civil List. All these payments are charged on the Consolidated Fund, into which the surrendered hereditary revenues are carried. The King has paid to him the revenues of the Duchy of Lancaster, the payments made therefrom in 1920 being 43,0002. for His Majesty's use.

On the Consolidated Fund are charged likewise the following sums allowed to members of the royal family :— 25,0002. a yearto the Duke of Connaught ; 6,O0OJ. to H.R.H. Helena Augusta Victoria; 6,0002. to Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll: 6,0001. to H.R.H. Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore ; 6,0002. to the Duchess of Albany; and 6,0002. to each of the late King's daughters.

The Heir Apparent has an income from the revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, the payment in 1920 on his account being 10,0002.

Sovereigns and sovereign rulers of Great Britain, from the union of the crowns of England and Scotland : —

Date of Date of

Accession. Accession.

House of Stuart.

Anne 1702

House of Hanover.

n ,,', t George 1 1714

Commonwealth. George II. . 1727

Parliamentary Executive. 1649 | George III 1760

Protectorate .... 1653 i George IV 1820

House of SluKii.

Charles II 1660

.lames II 1685

tidihi of Stuart-Oranijr. William and Mary. . . 1689 William III 1694

House of Stuart James I. ...

Charles I.

William IV 1830

Victoria. . . . 1S37

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Edward VII. . . . 1901

House of Win/lsor. 1

George V 1910

i Change of title made July 17, 1917. Formerly House of Saxe-Coburg and Goths.