Britain is still reeling from a cost-of-living crisis, though you wouldn’t necessarily know it from its plans for King Charles III’s upcoming May 6 coronation. The country is pulling out all the stops for the crowning of its sovereign—a three-day jamboree that will feature nationwide street parties, a Windsor concert, and a symbolic ceremony at Westminster Abbey followed by a grand public procession. It’ll be a party fit for a king, with a price tag to match: The long weekend is expected to cost British taxpayers at least £100 million ($125 million).

Unlike the last coronation, which was held in 1953 for the late Queen Elizabeth II, this one—codenamed Operation Golden Orb—will be a more scaled-back affair, with a shorter duration and fewer attendees. It’s a decision that has been explained in part by King Charles’s sensitivity to the cost-of-living crisis afflicting the country, as well as his ambition to have a more modern, slimmed down monarchy (an aim that was partially achieved with the departures of Prince Harry, Meghan the Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Andrew from the coterie of working royals, of which there are now 11). Still, the opulence of such a spectacle stands to run in stark contrast with the bleak backdrop that is Britain’s economic crisis, in which decades-high inflation has led to crippling labor strikes. Hundreds of thousands of British workers, among them doctors, teachers, and train drivers, have walked out of work in demand of better pay in recent months. Further strikes by traffic wardens and Heathrow Airport workers stand to cast a shadow on the coronation celebrations.



Neither Downing Street nor Buckingham Palace will confirm the exact cost of the coronation, though British media outlets have thrown the £100 million figure around as speculation, a sum roughly double the cost of Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. The 1953 event was the most expensive ceremony ever held by the monarchy at the time, according to the New York Times, costing £1.57 million or the modern equivalent of £56 million. The higher price tag this time around is attributed at least in part to security, which would not have been as big of a concern decades ago.

Graham Smith, the chief executive of the anti-monarchy group Republic and the author of the forthcoming book Abolish the Monarchy, suspects that the £100 million estimate is conservative.


https://time.com/6275383/king-charles-iii-coronation-cost-taxpayers/

Corruption in the highest order.

People wey dem teach come sabi am pass dem

The £100 million will still go back to the people because people will get paid for all the charade.

Is the money going to be spent abroad


The money still remains in the country and it's in their businesses

So no cause for alarm

illicit:
Is the money going to be spent abroad


The money still remains in the country and it's in their businesses

So no cause for alarm

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Mynd44, Nlfpmod.....

Draslo:
The £100 million will still go back to the people because people will get paid for all the charade.

You are right, unlike our country......

Mehn that's huge!

Dotherightthing:
Mehn that's huge!

Reason God save the King......

illicit:
Is the money going to be spent abroad


The money still remains in the country and it's in their businesses

So no cause for alarm

The money will still flow round to many of the citizens that offered services, like cooking, transportation...
Long Reign the King........

Long reign King Charles III......