Editing British royal family (section)

==Funding==
{{further|Finances of the British royal family}}

[[File:Public Spending on European Monarchies.svg|thumb|Annual public spending on European monarchies, 2022–2023|alt=see caption]]

Senior members of the royal family, who represent the monarch, draw their income from [[public funds]] known as the [[Sovereign Grant]], an annual payment of the [[British government]] to the monarch.<ref name="Guy">{{cite news|first1=Jack|last1=Guy|first2=Max|last2=Foster|first3=Lauren|last3=Said-Moorhouse|title=The Firm: Britain's royal 'institution' explained|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/08/uk/royal-family-structure-explainer-scli-intl-gbr/index.html|work=CNN|date=4 June 2021|access-date=3 August 2020|archive-date=28 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628150450/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/08/uk/royal-family-structure-explainer-scli-intl-gbr/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It comes from the revenues of the [[Crown Estate]], which are commercial properties owned by [[the Crown]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-57559653|title=Royal finances: Where does the Queen get her money?|work=BBC News|first=Tom|last=Edgington|date=24 June 2021|access-date=6 November 2022|archive-date=3 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803185024/https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-57559653|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBC1">{{cite news|title=UK Royal Family: Who is in it and how does it work?|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56201331|publisher=BBC|date=9 April 2021|access-date=3 August 2020|archive-date=31 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731050659/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-56201331|url-status=live}}</ref> Members of the royal family who receive money from the sovereign grant must be accountable to the public for it and are not allowed to make money from their name.<ref name="Guy"/> The monarch also receives the income of the [[Duchy of Lancaster]], and the Prince of Wales from the [[Duchy of Cornwall]].

The security expenses for the royal family are typically covered by the [[Metropolitan Police]] rather than the sovereign grant.<ref name="Edgington">{{cite news|first=Tom|last=Edgington|title=Royal finances: Where does the Queen get her money?|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-57559653|publisher=BBC|date=24 June 2021|access-date=3 August 2020|archive-date=3 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803185024/https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-57559653|url-status=live}}</ref> The royal family, the [[Home Office]], and the Metropolitan Police decide which members have a right to taxpayer-funded police security. Extended members do not retain automatic right to protection; in 2011 Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie ceased receiving police security.<ref name="Davies">{{cite news|first=Caroline|last=Davies|title=Was Meghan's son Archie denied the title 'prince' because he's mixed race?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/08/why-meghan-harry-son-archie-denied-title-prince-mixed-race|publisher=The Guardian|date=8 March 2021|access-date=4 August 2020|archive-date=30 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730124340/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/08/why-meghan-harry-son-archie-denied-title-prince-mixed-race|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Pavia |first=Lucy |title=Why did Harry and Meghan appear to reference Beatrice and Eugenie in Sussex Royal website statement?|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/royals/harry-meghan-website-update-beatrice-eugenie-a4369861.html |website=Standard |access-date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611213859/https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/royals/harry-meghan-website-update-beatrice-eugenie-a4369861.html|url-status=live }}</ref>