The Queen is in line for a 6.5% payrise and could net a cool £45.6 million from the taxpayer¹ next year if the way she is funded stays the same.

 

英国女王可能将加薪6.5%。如果拨款方案不变，明年她将从纳税人手中获得4560万英镑。

 

Figures released show a total profit of £304.1 million for the Crown Estate.

 

If the Queen receives her Sovereign Grant calculated at the customary 15% of that she would be handed £45.6 million from the Treasury² in April 2017, an increase of £2.8 million up from £42.8 million this year.

 

However, the formula for the Sovereign Grant is being reviewed this year by The Prime Minister, Chancellor³ of the Exchequer⁴ and the Keeper of the Privy⁵ Purse who will potentially change the way it is calculated to less than 15% of Crown Estate profits.

 

This could mean her payrise is smaller, but she will still be in line for a bumper⁶ sum as rules state she cannot get less than any previous year.

 

But a source said about the negotiations⁷ lately in light of Brexit turmoil⁸: “This is hardly the moment where we are going to finalise a review of the Sovereign Grant.”

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