Cost `obscene’ and waste of taxpayers’ money, claims campaign group
The coronation of King Charles in May 2023 cost taxpayers at least £72 million sterling, official figures have revealed.
The annual report and accounts of DCMS, the lead department in Rishi Sunak’s government that worked with the royal household on the coronation, stated that the department “successfully delivered on the central weekend of His Majesty King Charles III’s coronation, enjoyed by many millions both in the UK and across the globe”.
“But even that kind of money – £72 million– is incredible,” Smith added. “It’s a huge amount of money to spend on one person’s parade when there was no obligation whatsoever in the constitution or in law to have a coronation, and when we were facing cuts to essential services.
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