Privy Purse and Treasurer’s Office

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The Privy Purse and Treasurer’s Office is the department of the British royal household responsible for managing the monarch’s private finances and certain official expenditures.


Statements (37)
Predicate Object
instanceOf department of the British royal household
financial office
associatedWith British monarchy
Crown finances
country United Kingdom
distinctFrom Exchequer
HM Treasury
Royal Household Property Section
employs Keeper of the Privy Purse
fundingSource Duchy of Lancaster revenues
Sovereign Grant (for certain official costs)
handles accounting for the Privy Purse
financial administration of certain royal household departments
payment of some official travel and engagement costs
payment of some royal household staff costs
hasRole managing investments and assets associated with the Privy Purse
supporting the official duties of the monarch through financial administration
headedBy Keeper of the Privy Purse
historicalOrigin English royal household financial administration
jurisdiction finances of the reigning British monarch
language English
location Buckingham Palace
London
manages Privy Purse
oversees monarch’s private expenditure
monarch’s private income
some official expenditure of the monarchy
partOf British royal household
Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom
reportsTo reigning British monarch
responsibleFor management of certain official expenditures
management of the monarch’s private finances
sector public sector
typeOfExpenditureManaged private expenditure of the monarch
some official expenditure not covered by government departments
uses Duchy of Lancaster income for the monarch’s private finances
Sovereign Grant income for certain official expenditures

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Royal Household of the United Kingdom
Royal Household of the United Kingdom ("Royal Household Finance Department")
hasPart
Private Secretary’s Office ("Treasurer’s Office of the Royal Household")
worksWith

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