THE Queen looks set to ask the Government for a significant increase in her Civil List, as annual accounts revealed last night that her reserve funds will run out by her Diamond Jubilee.
During the last financial year, the total cost of keeping the monarchy increased by £1.5m to £41.5m.
The Queen and the Royal Family now cost the taxpayer 69p for every man, woman and child in the country – a 3p increase compared to 2007-08.
Although the Civil List, which pays for the running of the Royal Household, has not increased in two decades, any request for a boost in funds comes during the worst economic crisis to hit the UK since World War II.
The Royal accounts showed that the Queen dipped into a reserve fund last year to boost funds by £6m.
