Keeper of the Privy Purse

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The Keeper of the Privy Purse is the senior official responsible for managing the British monarch’s private finances and the Sovereign Grant within the Royal Household.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court office
position in the British Royal Household
alsoKnownAs Keeper of the Privy Purse and Treasurer to the King
appliesTo reigning monarch
appliesToJurisdiction British monarchy
appointedBy British monarch
Sovereign of the United Kingdom
country United Kingdom
domain public funding of the monarchy
royal finance
hasComponent role of Treasurer to the King
hasDuty administration of the Sovereign Grant
advising the monarch on financial matters relating to the household
budgeting for official expenditure of the monarch
financial planning for the monarch
management of the British monarch’s private finances
oversight of royal household accounts
reporting on use of the Sovereign Grant
hasHistoricalFunction control of royal household expenditure
management of the monarch’s private purse
hasRank senior official of the Royal Household
inception 16th century
isPositionHeldBy Sir Michael Stevens
location London
manages expenditure funded by the Sovereign Grant
private income of the monarch
officeHolder Sir Michael Stevens
officeHolderStartTime 2018
oversees Privy Purse
Sovereign Grant accounts
financial administration of the Royal Household
partOf Royal Household NERFINISHED
Royal Household of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED
precededBy earlier forms of royal financial officers
responsibleFor ensuring proper use of public funds granted to the monarch
liaison with government bodies on financial matters relating to the Sovereign Grant
preparation of financial reports for the Royal Household
scope official expenditure covered by the Sovereign Grant
private finances of the monarch
seat Buckingham Palace
subordinateTo British monarch
Sovereign of the United Kingdom
usedBy House of Windsor
workLocation Buckingham Palace
worksWith Royal Household finance staff
Treasurer to the King


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