Household of King George V and Queen Mary Household of King George V and Queen Mary The Royal Households of the United Kingdom consists of royal officials and the supporting staff of the British Royal Family, as well as the Royal Household which supports the Sovereign. Each member of the Royal Family who undertakes public duties has his own separate Household. King George V (1865–1936) was created Duke of York in 1892, and received a separate household together with his brother. Courtiers appointed to assist the Prince George of Wales until that year had been part of his parents´ household. After his marriage to Princess Mary of Teck
Francis, Duke of Teck return from Egypt he was gazetted a Colonel in the British Army. The Duke of Teck was made Colonel ("Oberst") à la suite of the 25th (1st Württemberg) Dragoons "Queen Olga" on 6 March 1889, and a "Generalmajor" in the German Army on 18 October 1891. He was made a supernumerary Major-General in the British Army in July 1893 and a "Generalleutnant" in the German Army on 18 April 1895. Because Francis had no inheritance, the couple lived on Mary Adelaide's Parliamentary allowance of £5,000 per annum (equivalent to ca. £525,000 in 2013), supplemented by income from her mother, the