Editing Civil list (section)

===Elizabeth II===
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = {{visible anchor|Civil List Act 1952}}
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to make provision for the honour and dignity of the Crown and the Royal Family, as to the disposal in certain circumstances of revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, and for the payment of certain allowances and pensions.
| year                  = 1952
| citation              = [[15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2]]. c. 37
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| royal_assent          = 1 August 1952
| commencement          = 
| expiry_date           = 
| repeal_date           = 
| amends                = 
| replaces              = 
| amendments            = {{ubli|Civil List Act 1972|[[Sovereign Grant Act 2011]]}}
| repealing_legislation = 
| related_legislation   = 
| status                = amended
| legislation_history   = 
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| millbankhansard       = 
| original_text         = 
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| use_new_UK-LEG        = 
| UK-LEG_title          = Civil List Act 1952
| collapsed             = yes
}}
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = Civil List Act 1972
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to make further provision for the honour and dignity of the Crown and the Royal Family, and for the payment of certain allowances and pensions.
| year                  = 1972
| citation              = [[List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1972|1972]] c. 7
| introduced_commons    = 
| introduced_lords      = 
| territorial_extent    = 
| royal_assent          = 24 February 1972
| commencement          = 
| expiry_date           = 
| repeal_date           = 
| amends                = Civil List Act 1952
| replaces              = 
| amendments            = {{ubli||[[Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977]]|[[Sovereign Grant Act 2011]]}}
| repealing_legislation = 
| related_legislation   = 
| status                = amended
| legislation_history   = 
| theyworkforyou        = 
| millbankhansard       = 
| original_text         = 
| revised_text          = 
| use_new_UK-LEG        = yes
| UK-LEG_title          = Civil List Act 1972
| collapsed             = yes
}}
{{Infobox UK legislation
| short_title           = {{visible anchor|Civil List Act 1975}}
| type                  = Act
| parliament            = Parliament of the United Kingdom
| long_title            = An Act to provide for supplementing out of moneys provided by Parliament the sums payable under the enactments mentioned in section 6(1) of the Civil List Act 1972; and to repeal section 5(2)(b) of that Act.
| year                  = 1975
| citation              = [[List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1975|1975]] c. 82
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| introduced_lords      = 
| territorial_extent    = 
| royal_assent          = 19 December 1975
| commencement          = 
| expiry_date           = 
| repeal_date           = 
| amends                = 
| replaces              = 
| amendments            = 
| repealing_legislation = [[Sovereign Grant Act 2011]]
| related_legislation   = 
| status                = repealed
| legislation_history   = 
| theyworkforyou        = 
| millbankhansard       = 
| original_text         = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/82/contents/enacted
| revised_text          = 
| use_new_UK-LEG        = yes
| UK-LEG_title          = Civil List Act 1975
| collapsed             = yes
}}
The last British monarch to receive Civil List payments was Elizabeth II. The Civil List for her reign lasted from her accession in 1952 until its abolition in 2012. During this period the Queen, as head of state, used the Civil List to defray some of the official expenditure of the monarchy.

Only the Queen, the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]] and the [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Queen Mother]] ever received direct funding from the Civil List.<ref name=Indy_Royal>{{cite news |last=Verkaik |first=Robert |title=Royal aides want to see abolition of Civil List |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/royal-aides-want-to-see-abolition--of-civil-list-606157.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224231916/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/royal-aides-want-to-see-abolition--of-civil-list-606157.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |newspaper=The Independent|date=30 May 2002 |access-date=1 February 2014}}</ref> The then [[Prince of Wales]] and his immediate family (the [[Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall|Duchess of Cornwall]], the [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge|Duke]] and [[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge|Duchess of Cambridge]], and [[Prince Harry]]) received their income from the [[Duchy of Cornwall]]. The state duties and staff of other members of the royal family were funded from a parliamentary annuity, the amount of which was fully refunded by the Queen to the Treasury.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sovereign Grant Act: main provisions |url=http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/leg_sovereign_grant_main_provisions.htm |publisher=HM Treasury |access-date=8 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103012814/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/leg_sovereign_grant_main_provisions.htm |archive-date=3 January 2012 }}</ref> The Queen's consort ([[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]) received £359,000 per year.<ref>{{cite web|title=What Is The True Cost Of The Monarchy?|url=http://www.royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/what-is-the-true-cost-of-the-monarchy-3032|publisher=Royal Central|date=17 February 2013|access-date=26 February 2014}}</ref> 

The last two decades of the Civil List were marked by surpluses and deficits. Surpluses in the 1991–2000 Civil List caused by low inflation and the efforts of the Queen and her staff to make the Royal Household more efficient led to the accrual of a £35.3 million reserve by late 2000. Consequently, the Civil List was fixed at £7.9 million annually in 2001, the same amount as in 1991, and remained at that level until its abolition. The reserve was then used to make up the shortfall in the Civil List during the subsequent decade.<ref name=BBC_How>{{cite news |author=Elena Egawhary |title=How the Civil List is spent |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10391693 |work=BBC News |date=23 June 2010 |access-date=30 January 2014}}</ref> The '''{{visible anchor|Civil List Act 1972}}''' (c. 7) allowed the Treasury to review the level of the payment every ten years, but only allowed for increases and not reductions.<ref>{{cite web |first=Alan |last=Travis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/30/politics.jubilee |title=Secret deals that obscure the royal finances |work=The Guardian |date=30 May 2002 |access-date=2015-09-07}}</ref>

The abolition of the Civil List was announced in the spending review statement to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] on 20 October 2010 by the [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]], [[George Osborne]]. In its place, he said, "the Royal Household will receive a new Sovereign Support Grant linked to a portion of the revenue of the Crown Estate". The [[Crown Estate]] is a [[statutory corporation]], run on commercial lines by the Crown Estate Commissioners and generates revenue for [[HM Treasury]] every year (an income surplus of £210.7 million for the year ended 31 March 2010).<ref>{{cite web | title = News Page - 2010 Annual Results | publisher = The Crown Estate | date = 15 July 2010 | url = http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/newscontent/92-2010-annual-results.htm | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100822160837/http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/newscontent/92-2010-annual-results.htm | archive-date = 22 August 2010 }}</ref> This income is received by the Crown and given to the state as a result of the agreement reached in 1760 that has been renewed at the beginning of each subsequent reign. The [[Sovereign Grant Act 2011]] received [[royal assent]] on 18 October 2011. Under this Act, the Sovereign Grant now funds all of the official expenditure of the monarchy, not just the expenditure previously borne by the Civil List.