Definitions
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- noun UK The amount of money the monarch may use for private or personal expenses
- noun UK A member of the office which deals with the monarch's finances.
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Examples
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KAPUR: The keeper of the Privy Purse in other words, the queen's accountants says the royal household is disappointed that the government isn't giving it the extra funds needed for repair work and it predicts that will cost an extra $60 million by 2018 if the government doesn't help.
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She, who has wormed her way into the good graces of Bab May, the Keeper of the Privy Purse, and now has seemingly unlimited access to the royal purse.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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She, who has wormed her way into the good graces of Bab May, the Keeper of the Privy Purse, and now has seemingly unlimited access to the royal purse.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Britain's public sector is facing cuts as the government tries to eliminate a record deficit, and Alan Reid, Keeper of the Privy Purse, said the royal household "is acutely aware of the difficult economic climate" and will be cutting costs and putting off essential maintenance.
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Whatsoever you require for this journey, you may arrange with Lord Rousse, who has an open writ with the Secretary of the Privy Purse.
Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003
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This brief account of the Cabots, so far as their voyages relate particularly to Newfoundland, may be closed by some further citations from the Privy Purse expenses of Henry VII.
The Story of Newfoundland Frederick Edwin Smith Birkenhead 1901
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Keeper of the Privy Purse of the Fairy Queen; a dagger for a pygmy; two minute daguerreotypes of friends, each as large as a small pea, in
Memories of Hawthorne Rose Hawthorne Lathrop 1888
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Bennet's place of Privy Purse available for another of the new favourites and conspirators -- Sir Charles Berkeley.
Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 Henry Craik 1886
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The Lord Chamberlain's offices and residence, and also the official residence of the Keeper of the Privy Purse, are among the official chambers in the palace.
The Strand District The Fascination of London Walter Besant 1868
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Sir F. Madden in his note on _F.ees_ pasties, in his Privy Purse
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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