The marriage treaty included a provision for the Princess to receive £3000 per year to be paid quarterly for the rest of her life. This was to be her money, and would not be paid to her husband, the future Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
The Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who never lost her affection for the United Kingdom, was stripped of the annuity in September 1914 due to the fact that she lived in an enemy country.
Wow, this is very interesting. When was the last marriage treaty used? And her parliamentary annuity...when did this stop being common place for "non-working" members of the royal family?
ReplyDeleteAugusta would have been the one with the longest annuity as hers stopped in 1914, less than two years before her death. If it had not been for the war, she would have kept that pension until she died.
ReplyDeleteVicky and Alice received annuities in their marriage treaties. Vicky was listed in the 1901 civil list, but her payment stopped when she died in August 1901
I wonder if Princess Maud (future Queen of Norway) received a civil list annuity till they became sovereigns in 1905?
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