According to former Prime Minister, David Cameroon, Queen Elizabeth faced some severe financial challenges at some point around 2010 but was assisted by a great arrangement from him and former Chancellor, George Osborne. It is understood that Mr. Cameron and Mr. Osborne sanctioned a massive change of the royal funding structure under the Tory government in 2010.
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In Queen of our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II, authored by royal expert, Robert Hardman, it was revealed that they pushed for the establishment of the Sovereign Grant to aid the monarchy who were struggling financially. The Sovereign Grant was set up to take the place of the civil list, which was a structure that allowed the parliament to determine the budget of the entire royal family.
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The civil list budget had not been modified since 1990, and could not satisfy the wants of the royal family. On the contrary, the Sovereign Grant allows the Queen to be financed from a percentage of the profits of the Crown Estate revenue, originally fixed at 15 percent and revised after five years. David Cameron told Mr. Hardman “They were running out of money to fix things.
The Treasury saw an opportunity to do a big, bold reform and I think George [Osborne] relished it because the historian in him loved the idea of trying to fix this long-standing problem. I thought this was a great challenge for the relationship between No 10 and the Palace: can we get this done?”
While many people believed that the monarch funds won’t be amplified because of the effect of austerity, the profits of crown estate consequently increased. Mr. Osborne disclosed the royal family had “more money than anyone expected” because of how they managed the estate effectively.
He said “It was generous, but I don’t mind. It was better to have something that was long-term sustainable. It would have been much worse if we’d erred on the other side, then had to do the whole thing again.” Mr. Osborne also enacted a rule that allowed the eldest son, who is the heir apparent to be funded by the state.
