Queen Elizabeth’s funeral cost UK government US$200 million

Name: Queen Elizabeth makes final journey to Windsor Castle after state funeral
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The Home Office, which has responsibility for policing and national security, accounted for the biggest portion of the total, with costs of US$91.65 million

London’s Metropolitan Police said at the time the funeral was the biggest policing event in its history, with dignitaries from across the globe there

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The coffin of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is carried out of Westminster Abbey after a service on the day of her state funeral and burial, in London on September 19, 2022. Photo: Reuters

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Published: 12:00am, 19 May 2023Updated: 1:14am, 19 May 2023

British government departments spent an estimated total of 161.7 million pounds (US$201 million) on Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral and related events, the Treasury said on Thursday.

After Britain’s longest-reigning monarch died aged 96 on September 8, the country entered 10 days of national mourning which concluded with her state funeral on September 19.

During that time Elizabeth’s coffin lay at rest in Edinburgh Cathedral before being moved to London, where an estimated 250,000 people queued for hours to file past her coffin at Westminster Hall during the lying-in-state.

Her successor, King Charles, also embarked on a tour of Britain’s four nations along with then-prime minister Liz Truss.

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Queen Elizabeth makes final journey to Windsor Castle after state funeral

“The government’s priorities were that these events ran smoothly and with the appropriate level of dignity, while at all times ensuring the safety and security of the public,” John Glen, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said in a written statement to parliament.