UK Government Discloses $200 Million Cost of Queen Elizabeth II's Funeral.

The state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II cost the UK government around $201.4 million, according to newly-released figures. The funeral was held on September 18, 2022, after a 10-day period of national mourning. The costs to UK government departments included £73.68 million to the Home Office, £57.42 million for the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, £2.565 million to the Department for Transport, £2.096 million for the Foreign Office, and £2.89 million for the Ministry of Defence. The cost to the government in Scotland, where a slow hearse procession and a one-day lying in state was held, was £18.756 million.