UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  October 19, 2010

CROSS TIMBERS ROYALTY TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Texas
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-10982
75-6415930
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

U.S. Trust, Bank of America
  
Private Wealth Management
  
Trustee
  
P.O. Box 830650
  
Dallas, Texas
75283-0650
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

(877) 228-5084
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

NONE
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 19, 2010, the Registrant issued a news release announcing its monthly cash distribution to unitholders of record on October 29, 2010.  A copy of the news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Current Report, including the news release attached hereto, is being furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities of that Section.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)   Exhibits.

99.1 News Release dated October 19, 2010

 
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
CROSS TIMBERS ROYALTY TRUST
  
       
 
By:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., TRUSTEE
  
       
Date:  October 19, 2010
By:
/s/ Nancy G. Willis
  
   
Nancy G. Willis
  
   
Vice President
  
       
 
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION
  
       
 
By:
/s/ Beverley A. Babcock
  
   
Beverley A. Babcock
  
   
Assistant Controller
  

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number and Description

99.1           News Release dated October 19, 2010

 
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