It remains the private property of the monarch, and is not part of the Crown Estate.

Balmoral is a private property and, unlike the monarch's official residences, is not part of the state-owned Crown Estate.

This law conferred the Chequers Estate owned by Sir Arthur and Lady Lee, as a gift to the Crown for use as a country home for future Prime Ministers.

Until 1760 the monarch met all official expenses from hereditary revenues, which included the profits of the Crown Estate ( the royal property portfolio ).

The Crown Estate is one of the largest property owners in the United Kingdom, with holdings of £ 7. 3 billion in 2011.

In modern times, the profits surrendered from the Crown Estate have exceeded the Civil List and Grants-in-Aid.

For example, the Crown Estate produced £ 200 million for the Treasury in the financial year 2007 – 8, whereas reported parliamentary funding for the monarch was £ 40 million during the same period, and republicans estimate that the real cost of the monarchy including security is between £ 134 and 184 million a year.

From 2013 until 2020, the Civil List and Grants-in-Aid are to be replaced with a single Sovereign Grant, which will be set at 15 % of the revenues generated by the Crown Estate.

Like the Crown Estate, the land and assets of the Duchy of Lancaster, a property portfolio valued at £ 383 million in 2011, are held in trust.

The Duchy of Lancaster continues to exist as a separate entity from the Crown Estate and currently provides income for the monarch, Elizabeth II.

The freehold of a large section of Mayfair also belongs to the Crown Estate.

The remaining properties are either owned by English Heritage, other government departments or the Crown Estate.

Extensive forests cover more than 20 % of the total area, consisting principally of parts of Windsor Forest ; predominantly conifer plantation owned and managed by the Crown Estate and Forestry Commission.

The National Nature Reserve was created in 1967 from 1, 700 ha ( 4, 200 acres ) of the Holkham Estate and 2, 200 ha ( 5, 400 acres ) of foreshore belonging to the Crown.

In October 2010 MeyGen, a consortium of Morgan Stanley, Atlantis Resources Corporation and International Power, received operational lease from the Crown Estate to a 400MW project for 25 years.

Although such escheated property is owned by the Crown, it is not part of the Crown Estate, unless the Crown ( through the Crown Estate Commissioners ) ' completes ' the escheat, by taking steps to exert rights as owner.

In 1914 it was transferred from the Merioneth Crown Estate to the control of the Office of Works, who commenced a major restoration project after the end of World War I.

London District is responsible for the maintenance of capability for the defence of the capital and the provision of ceremonial units and garrisons for the Crown Estate in London, such as the Tower of London.

Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky (, commonly transliterated as Khmelnytsky ; ; ) ( c. 1595 – 6 August 1657 ) was a hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossack Hetmanate of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth ( now part of Ukraine ).

However the Glorious Revolution ( 1688 ), which established constitutional government, led to a reformulation of Toryism which now considered sovereignty vested in the three estates of Crown, Lords, and Commons.

What did change was that bishops were now seen to be ministers of the Crown for the spiritual government of its subjects.

During these operations the Crown Prince won the reputation of a thorough soldier ; after peace was made and Saxony had entered the North German Confederation, he gained the command of the Saxon army, which had now become the XII army corps of the North German army, and in this position carried out the necessary re-organisation.

* 1608 – At Ticonderoga ( now Crown Point, New York ), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs.

* 1591 – King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed marked as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.

The diamond is now set into the crown worn by the female consort to Monarch of the United Kingdom, and is currently in the Crown of Queen Elizabeth.

Crown Prince Alexander, previously " of Yugoslavia ", now also claims the throne of Serbia as the senior patrilineal great-grandson of the last King of Serbia prior to its inclusion in Yugoslavia.

Dogra Rule, under the paramountcy ( or tutelage ) of the British Crown, lasted until 1947, when the former princely state became a disputed territory, now administered by three countries: India, Pakistan, and the People's Republic of China.

Alfonso de Borja was born in La Torreta, now a neighbourhood of Canals, Valencia – today in Spain – but at that time in the Kingdom of Valencia under the Crown of Aragon.

* Svenska Pommern, a Dominion under the Swedish Crown from 1630 to 1815, situated on what is now the Baltic coast of Germany and Poland

It is said that Vladimir Lenin and a young Joseph Stalin met in the Crown and Anchor pub ( now known as The Crown Tavern ) on Clerkenwell Green when the latter was visiting London in 1903.

He was now moving in ever more exalted social circles — a telegram to Markham in February 1907 refers to meetings with the Queen and Crown Prince of Portugal, and a later letter home reports lunching with the Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet and Prince Heinrich of Prussia.

* July 30 – At what is now Crown Point, New York, Samuel de Champlain participates in a battle between the Huron and Iroquois, shooting and killing two Iroquois chiefs ; this helps set the tone for French – Iroquois relations for the next 100 years.

He regularly competes in such events as the US and European Opens of Snowboarding, the Vans Triple Crown ( now known simply as the Vans Cup ), and the X-Games.

Rand then takes the crown of Illian, formerly the Laurel Crown, but now called the Crown of Swords.

It first seems to have applied to a hamlet between Upton to the east and Chalvey to the west, roughly around the " Crown Crossroads " where the road to Windsor ( now the A332 ) met the Great West Road.

Luis Váez de Torres, a Galician or Portuguese navigator working for the Spanish Crown, proved the existence of a passage south of New Guinea, now known as Torres Strait.

On 5 February 1668, by now a famed and esteemed commander, he achieved the rank of Grand Hetman of the Crown, the highest military rank in the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth, and thereby the de facto commander-in-chief of the entire Polish Army.

Jean then declares that she and the Phoenix force are truly one entity now, have transcended into the White Phoenix of the Crown.

Third, the Swazis were now directly under the authority of the British Crown, owing their loyalty to Victoria of the United Kingdom.

The Crown of Aragon was widespread in the area that is now southernwestern France, but which at that time was under the control of vassal local princes, such as the Counts of Toulouse.

The race serves as the middle leg of the Triple Crown, preceded by the 2, 000 Guineas and followed by the St Leger, although the feat of winning all three is now rarely attempted.