how much did the queen’s funeral really cost?

Yesterday, the whole world witnessed a historic event. Queen Elizabeth II, who died on September 8, was buried in Saint George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. Her late husband, Prince Philip, now rests by her side. A grand funeral, for a sovereign who reigned for 70 years over the United Kingdom, which cost the British royal family a certain price. A significant cost that affects the relentless organization of the ceremony.

On this day of September 19, 2,000 people were invited to the funeral. Among them, Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron, Charlène and Albert of Monaco, as well as all heads of state around the world. They all arrived by bus. High-ranking dignitaries who have benefited from enhanced security. The same goes for the royal family. Thus, nearly 10,000 police officers have been added to the usual numberdetails The Guardian. What to inflate the bill.

The high cost of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral

Along with tight security, commercial flights were canceled to avoid noise pollution and 250 trains were chartered to take the many Britons to the Queen’s coffin. The last funeral of a more or less similar scale in the United Kingdom took place in 2002 for the death of the Queen Mother, the mother of Elizabeth II. At the time, they had cost nearly 6.15 million euros.

According to the magazine Big Issue, the meditation of the public in front of the body of the sovereign would have cost 824,000 pounds sterling, or nearly 940,000 euros. A price far from the 6.8 million euros spent on the security of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. However, the funeral of Elizabeth II should have cost even moresince the event was “bigger than the 2012 Olympics and the Platinum Jubilee“, specifies the English media. total cost would therefore be around 7.2 million euros.