In the Queen Mother’s household, the man with the most difficult job was undoubtedly her treasurer, Major Sir Ralph Anstruther. Sir Ralph, who held the post from 1961 to 1998, is remembered as having been a meticulously dressed but not especially financially proficient man who had “but a hazy idea of costs”.

Prince Harry is reportedly set to receive £8 million [$10.5 million] on his 40th birthday from a trust established by Queen Elizabeth in 1994.