"Revealed: The Queen is facing a cash crisis" 

"No one doubts that the Queen is very wealthy. This year's
Sunday Times rich list estimates her fortune at £275m - 
although that represents a huge recalculation from 1990 
when it said she was worth £6.7bn."

"The deal struck by the Palace and the Government two years
ago - to freeze the Civil List at £7.9m until 2011 - now 
looks unworkable.

The Palace admits that if inflation were to rise 
significantly the Queen would have to go to Parliament and
ask for a top-up - something constitutional experts say 
would have serious implications and garner little sympathy
from the public."

By Robert Verkaik, Legal Affairs Correspondent
30 May 2002

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=300456

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