London – In addition to the cause of death of the head of state of Great Britain, there is another secret kept on lockdown by the royal family and the government: How much does Queen Elizabeth’s funeral cost in 11 years? days?
Estimates range from 6 to 8 million pounds (35 to 47 million reals), but the comeback seems assured: the estimate is that the farewell was watched by more than four billion people worldwide, breaking the all-time high-rated event. .
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German survey company Statista charted the previous record for the opening of the Atlanta Olympics, which has been running since 1996, with the Queen’s funeral topping the charts with a margin of 500 million spectators.
Three of the eight most-watched events lists are about the British royal family: the funerals of the Queen herself and Princess Diana, and the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
A fourth event among the eight rating champions also took place in the UK, the Live 8 benefit concert.
The first monarch burial to be broadcast on British television was the funeral of the Queen’s father.
The Queen’s funeral was not the first televised funeral in the history of UK monarchs. This uniqueness is due to his father, King VI, who was buried in 1952, the year he took the throne. It belongs to George’s funeral.
At that time, transmission was only possible due to the end of the Second World War as the BBC had purchased 100 converted military transmitters for audio and video transmission.
A documentary featuring footage of this broadcast A documentary entitled “The Last Journey: The Funeral of King George VI” is available on YouTube.
But despite being the first to be shown on television, George VI’s funeral was not the first to be filmed. That priority belongs to Queen Elizabeth’s grandfather, King George V, who was buried in 1936.
The film persists to this day and shows George V’s coffin being placed on a train at London’s Paddington station and transported to Windsor Castle, where Queen Elizabeth is buried this Monday (19), but in a much more flamboyant way.
Is Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral Charged?
In addition to the TV audience, Queen Elizabeth’s farewell boosted the economy and attracted more than two million people who attended live events such as the coffin visit.
Many people went to London or Windsor, bought souvenirs, stayed in hotels and ate in restaurants.
On the other hand, the government had to finance the largest security operation in UK history, with more than 10,000 police officers deployed to protect the people and heads of state and government who came to the country for their funerals.
At a time when England is facing a serious cost-of-living crisis, with all the queen-worshipping, talking about the bill is not a pleasant conversation.
But the numbers can be astronomical.
Fact-check website Full Fact has tried to do the math at other funerals.
According to the website andIn 1965, The Times reported that Churchill’s funeral expenses £48kThis is roughly equivalent to around £1 million (R$5.9 million) at current prices. Treasury GDP deflators.
However, in Full Fact’s assessment, the Queen’s funeral is likely to be much more expensive, as some of the more recent “ceremonial” burials have cost several million pounds.
A funeral burial It is a less solemn burial than those reserved for other famous people and members of the royal family.
According to estimates by government officials at the time, Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997 cost between £4 and £5m, as recorded in a report by The Times.
In current figures this is the equivalent of around £7 to £8m.
The cost of Queen Anne Elizabeth’s funeral in 2002 estimated at around £5.4 millionor about £8.4 million (R$49.5 million) today.
Funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 2013 cost around £3.2 million or £3.8 million (R$22.5 million) at updated value.
Prince Philip’s funeral limited to covid-19 at the time and thus cheaper than others that were carried out without the restrictions imposed by the pandemic.
William and Kate’s 2011 wedding cost the state approximately £7.2m for police unit personnel at the time (about £8.9 million or 52.5 million reals today). But the ceremony itself not paid by the state .
Policing for the 2018 wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex costs approximately £3.4m or updated value revenue, Around £3.8 million (R$22.5 million) according to Full Fact.
HE Generally disclosure The Queen’s coronation cost £1.57m in 1953, which is now equal to tens of millions, but Full Fact says it couldn’t find the source of that figure or estimate how much the state paid.
Considering the public, King Charles has already signaled that he plans to make the heart ceremony cheaper. A sensible attitude to please subjects who fear the increased cost of living.
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And the holiday to celebrate the Queen’s holiday?
Government The day of the Queen’s funeral (19) was declared a holiday.Give as many people as possible the opportunity to attend the Queen’s State Funeral and commemorate her reign.”
Considering that agents and police need to be paid twice as much for off-day work, it should significantly increase the direct cost of the actual queen’s burial.
This that was the case April 29, 2011, when a public holiday was declared on the occasion of the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
But there may be even greater overheads.
In 2020, Center for Economics and Business Studies A public holiday in October of that year is estimated to have cost people around £1.8bn, with lost productivity, while boosting sectors such as hospitality and tourism by nearly half a billion pounds.
However, it is worth remembering that this is a specific estimate for a date during the pandemic. Not all holidays or the conditions in which they occur are the same.
If people aren’t using the holidays to spend more, or if the economy is already operating at full capacity, the benefits may be lower and less costs recouped later on.
a government estimate for Queen’s Diamond Jubilee 2012He estimated the cost to the economy of the extra holiday on June 5 at £1.2bn.
A decade later, another government calculation doubled that estimate. officials said Platinum Jubilee holidayIt will cost the economy around £2.4 billion on 3 June 2022.
