Show ENORMOUS SUMS Paid Out to Royalty by the People Peaple of Great BritaIn New Net York Press Royalty costs a great eat deal eal more than is generally known DurIng the sixty two years ot of her r reign Queen VIctoria re ic received the enormous sum of She was not expected to provide for her family out of her salary es as other people have hae to do For condescending to come over from froni Germany and marry many her the prince consort received d per annum The rhe Prince of Wales before coming to the throne drew from the treasury When the Queens eldest daugh daughter ter married in 1858 the crown prince ot of Germany who belonged t to one of the wealthIest families in Europe a kind generous mt settled an annuity of on her Up to her death In 1901 there was sent over mer to Germany for her and she left a fortune amounting to The late PrIncess Alice re received Gro The Duke or of Edinburgh the queens sec second nd son received HIs wife brought him and an in income Income come of over a year He succeeded to the dukedom of Sa in 1894 which carried with It a salary of a year yer but the British government still continued his annuity or of a year and when he died In 1900 settled a pension ot of a year on his rich widow The Duke of Connaught the queens third son gets besides his army pa pay Princess Christian the late Queens third daughter receives an annuity of a year ear from the public treasury and has already drawn The fourth PrinceSs Princes Louise who married the Duke of nf Argyll one of the wealthiest of peers receives a similar annuity and has been paId up to date The Queens youngest son the he Duke of Albany who dIed In 1884 1584 had received up to that time Ills His widow ow was granted a year for life Ufe end nd she has already drawn PrIncess Beatrice the youngest of the queen who married Prince Henry or of Battenberg gets a similar annuity and thus far It has netted her In respect families the English royal house sets sels a 9 commendable example but the nation has to pay a big price for it President numerous pro progeny eny would hardly b he so d It if the taxpayers hat had to shell out to each of them th ygre grew ep p |