Great Britain
Charles’ coronation cost £72 million
The glitz and glamor of the Royal Family costs the British dearly. A year and a half after Charles and Camilla’s coronation, the government reveals what it had to shell out for it.
The coronation of the British King Charles III. (76) last year cost the British taxpayer 72 million pounds (around 86 million euros). This emerges from figures from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in London. Accordingly, the police operation alone cost £21.7 million.
“The coronation was a historic act of state that brought together millions of people across the country, the territories and the Commonwealth,” the ministry said in a statement. In accordance with the regulations on the use of taxpayers’ money, every effort has been made to keep costs as low as possible.
Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral was significantly more expensive
The coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla (77) on May 6th last year was celebrated with much pomp. This included a procession in a gilded carriage from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey and back. Thousands of soldiers were involved. Tens of thousands of onlookers lined the streets.
However, the coronation celebrations were significantly smaller than those of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Even compared to Elizabeth’s state funeral in September 2022, they almost seem like a bargain. The memorial service, which lasted several days, cost around 162 million pounds (almost 195 million euros today).
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Source: Stern
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