(in the UK) the allowance provided annually by the government to support the Queen in her official duties, which replaced the Civil List in 2011.
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- Spending from the sovereign grant rose by £2.4 million to a £35.7 million total
- One of the richest women in the country, with a "personal net worth" of £340m, is to get an increase in her "sovereign grant" of 5%.
- The helicopter costs will be covered by the sovereign grant.
- Expenditure during this Diamond Jubilee year will require the use of reserves as the first year of the Sovereign Grant provides for funding of only £31 million.
- From January, the Royal family will receive 15 per cent of the profits of the Crown Estate as a Sovereign Grant.
- It is a way of managing and adding to the budget of the Sovereign Grant over the next three years.
- The Sovereign Grant will hit 40 million pounds in April 2015.
- The Queen now receives a Sovereign Grant to spend as she wishes on her residences and official duties.
- The Queen’s income from the taxpayer will rise because of a deal linking the Royal Household’s Sovereign Grant from the Government to 15 per cent of the profits of the Crown Estate property portfolio.
- The cost of keeping the monarchy fell by £1.8 million last year under the new sovereign grant system to be introduced by the Government, Buckingham Palace accounts show.