Britain's treasury has revealed that Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and lying-in-state last year cost the UK government an estimated 162 million pounds ($201 million).
FILE - Members of the public file past as King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward hold a vigil beside the coffin of their mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as it lies in state on the catafalque in Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster, London, Sept. 16, 2022. Queen Elizabeth II's funeral and lying-in-state last year cost Britain's government an estimated 162 million pounds , the treasury said Thursday May 18, 2023.
The occasion, attended by world leaders and dignitaries, followed 10 days of national mourning after the queen died at age 96 on Sept. 8 after 70 years on the throne. Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, were both interred at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.
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