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The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh are the only members of the Royal Family who receive an annual parliamentary allowance for public duties.

Other than The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh is the only member of the Royal Family to receive an annual parliamentary allowance to enable him to carry out official public duties supporting The Queen.

Since 1993, The Queen has repaid to the Treasury the annual parliamentary allowances received by other members of the Royal Family.

Most of the allowances received by members of the Royal Family are spent on staff who support their public engagements and correspondence.

In 2000 the annual amounts payable to members of the Royal Family (which are set every ten years) were reset at their 1990 levels for the next ten years, until December 2010.

Apart from an increase of £45,000 on the occasion of The Earl of Wessex's marriage, these amounts remain as follows:

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The Queen repays to the Treasury the annual allowances received by members of the Royal Family, other than that paid to The Duke of Edinburgh.

Parliamentary annuity (not repaid by The Queen)
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh  £359,000

Parliamentary annuities (repaid by The Queen)
HRH The Duke of York £249,000
HRH The Earl of Wessex £141,000
HRH The Princess Royal £228,000
TRH The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, TRH The Duke
and Duchess of Kent and HRH Princess Alexandra

*£636,000

* Of the £636,000, £175,000 is provided by The Queen to The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, £236,000 to The Duke and Duchess of Kent and £225,000 to Princess Alexandra.




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