MONARCHY Flashcards
1
Q
FUNDING
A
Sovereign Grant Act 2011
Privy Purse
Personal income
2
Q
SOVEREIGN GRANT ACT 2011
A
Lump sum paid by treasury for OFFICIAL EXPENSES
From 2017-2018 based on 25% crown estate profits plus 10% for ESSENTIAL repairs to Buckingham Palace over 10 years
3
Q
PRIVY PURSE
A
Generated by Duchy of Lancaster
4
Q
MONARCH POWERS
A
Actual - chairing privy council meetings, Queens speech at State Opening parliament
Notional - powers exercised ‘on advice of ministers’, e.g. dissolving parliament, appointing ministers