Queen Elizabeth II: The funeral of a millionaire

Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022 at the age of 96 in her Scottish castle Balmoral.

funeral of Queen Isabel II and all actions related to death the monarch cost the UK public exchequer around 200 million euros, according to statistics published by the British government itself and with details of spending by ministry.

Namely, the Ministry of the Interior covered almost half of the total cost 74 million poundswhile the Ministry of Culture, Media and Sports allocated 57 million pounds for some festivities that had as the main act a state funeral that took place on September 19.

The BBC reported that the secretary-general Bless you, John Glen, He defended that the Government’s priority at the time was to guarantee that everything took place in a “peaceful” manner and “with an appropriate level of dignity”, while at the same time guaranteeing the safety of the entire population.

More than 5,000 police officers were mobilized during the entire operation United Kingdom during 10 days of national mourning. Many of them were destined for London and Scotland, where the Queen died after a year of failing health.

From his Scottish castle Balmoral his coffin was transferred to the capital scotland edinburgh, for the first funeral chapel, before being exposed to the public for five days in London at Westminster Hall, the oldest room in British Parliamentwhere hundreds of thousands of people paraded.

A state funeral was held at Westminster Abbey, before 2,000 guests, including hundreds of dignitaries and foreign leaders, read a message infobae.

Then there was a private ceremony at windsor castleabout 40 km west of London, where the Queen is buried next to her parents and her husband, Prince Philip.

Charles III He has been king since his mother’s death, although the formal coronation did not take place until May 6.

Figures relating to it recently a three-day ceremony but the anti-monarchist group Republic has calculated that it has cost the public purse at least £100 million, at a time when British taxpayers are facing a serious cost-of-living crisis, with inflation not falling below 10%.