Events marking Queen Elizabeth’s death cost the public £161.7m, figures show

Critics say the extravagance is inappropriate when people are struggling with the cost of living crisis

The events to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II last year cost the public £161.7m, according to a Treasury estimate.

A 10-day period of national mourning, culminating in the monarch’s funeral, was announced after her death on 8 September last year. About 250,000 people attended the lying in state, while official audience data showed that more than 29 million people in the UK watched the funeral on television.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: £57.4m

Department for Transport: £2.6m

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: £2.1m

Home Office: £73.7m

Ministry of Defence: £2.9m

Northern Ireland Office: £2.1m

Scottish government: £18.8m

Welsh government: £2.2m