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Charles III's coronation cost ‘shameful’ £72m as child poverty soared
King Charles III and Queen Camilla are carried by the Diamond Jubilee State Coach in the King's Procession to their coronation ceremony in London, May 6, 2023

KING CHARLES III’s coronation cost taxpayers a “shameful” £72 million in the middle of the cost-of-living crisis, government figures have revealed.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) racked up £50.3m in costs for co-ordinating the event in May 2023. The cost for policing the ceremony was £21.7m and was paid for by the Home Office.

Campaign group Republic, which campaigns to replace the monarchy with an elected head of state and more democratic political system, said today that the coronation was an “obscene” waste of taxpayers’ money.

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