The coronation of King Charles in May 2023 cost taxpayers at least £72m, official figures have revealed. The cost of policing the ceremony was £21.7m, with a further £50.3m in costs racked up by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. About 20 million people in Britain watched Charles crowned at Westminster Abbey on TV, substantially fewer than the 29 million Britons who had watched the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022. “I would be very surprised if £72m was the whole cost,” the Republic CEO, Graham Smith, told the Guardian. “But even that kind of money – £72m – is incredible,” Smith added.

Source: The Guardian November 23, 2024 17:29 UTC