‘Obscene’: King Charles Blasted After Report Reveals that His Coronation Cost $90M to British Tax-Payers, as Royal Family Lives a Popularity Crisis
Keir Starmer’s train-wreck of a leftist government released a new report with controversial data on the cost of last year’s Coronation for King Charles and Queen Camila.
The result is the inevitable controversy that surrounds mostly everything connected to the embattled Windsor family.
New York Post reported:
“King Charles and Queen Camilla’s coronation ceremony last year cost taxpayers more than $90 million — but the eye-boggling figure is apparently a bargain compared to the lavish ceremonies held for their predecessors, a new government report revealed.”
The crowning of the new British monarch was broadcast across the globe, as thousands of Brits lined the streets.
“Roughly 100 world leaders, foreign leaders and celebrities watched the grand event in person at London’s Westminster Abbey for a not-so-small sum of $63.6 million, according to the annual report published by the government’s culture department Thursday. Another $27.3 million was spent on added security measures and policing, the report shows.”
In his fur and velvet robes, Charles took his seat in the 700-year-old Coronation Chair, and the St. Edward’s Crown was placed on his head by the recently resigned Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.
“The cultural department called it ‘a once-in-a-generation moment which provided an occasion for the entire country to come together in celebration, and offered a unique opportunity to celebrate and strengthen our national identity and showcase the UK to the world’.”
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While Charles’ coronation was the largest ceremonial event in seven decades, it still did not compare to his mother’s event in 1953, or any other before her.
“The coronation’s reduced price tag was meant to signal some level of modernization among the royals at a time when everyday citizens were struggling with inflation and higher costs of living.”
Buckingham Palace tried to say that the celebration would create an economic boost around Britain, which did not happen.
Voices have been raised calling the cost of King Charles’ coronation ‘obscene’.
“’It was an extravagance we simply didn’t have to have. It was completely unnecessary and a waste of money in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis in a country that is facing huge amounts of child poverty’, Graham Smith, CEO of Republic — which wants to abolish the monarchy in favor of an elected head of state — told the Guardian. ‘When kids are unable to afford lunches at school, to spend over ($90 million) on this parade is obscene’.”
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