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navigation, search   United Kingdom[edit]  In the United
Kingdom, the Civil List was the name, since superseded in 2011
(see below). given to the annual grant that covers some expenses
associated with the Sovereign performing their official duties,
including those for staff salaries, State Visits, public
engagements, ceremonial functions and the upkeep of the Royal
Households. The cost of transport and security for the Royal
Family, together with property maintenance and other sundry
expenses, are covered by separate grants from individual
Government Departments.   Following the "Glorious Revolution" of
1688, the expenses relating to the support of the monarch were
largely separated from the ordinary expenses of the State
managed by the Exchequer. This was a reaction to the reigns of
Charles II of England and James II of England (also known as
James VII of Scotland), whose large revenues had made them
independent of Parliament.[citation needed]  In 16