[L. Lat. aurum reginæ.] In English law. A revenue reserved to the queens of England, from a very early period, out of the demesne lands of the crown, which was expressly appropriated to their use, distinct from the king. 1 Bl. Com. 220, 222. It has not been exacted since the death of Henry VIII. except on one occasion, in the reign of Charles I. Id. 221.