Only 32% think that the state should finance this event which will crown the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September, and the queen consort, Camilla.
A majority of Britons (51%) believe the Coronation of Charles III on May 6 should not be funded by the state, as the cost of living is rising, according to a poll released on Tuesday.
Only 32% think that the state should finance this event which will crown the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September, and the queen consort, Camilla, according to this YouGov poll.
The most critical are young people, with 62% of 18-24 year olds who think the state should not fund the coronation, while the proportion drops to 44% among those over 65, to 46% among the elderly. between 50 and 64 years old and 55% for people aged between 25 and 49 years old.
No information has been released by the government or Buckingham Palace on the coronation bill, which is however expected to cost tens of millions of pounds.
A “slap in the face of millions of people”
The subject is however controversial at a time when the United Kingdom has been facing for months an inflation higher than 10% and a social crisis which has resulted in strike movements of many professions, in health, education or transport. .
Anti-monarchy groups have denounced the cost of this event. It is a “slap in the face of millions of people who are suffering from the cost of living crisis”, denounced Graham Smith of the group Republic, who plans to demonstrate for the abolition of the monarchy on May 6.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Oliver Dowden, a member of the government responsible for managing the property belonging to the Duchy of Lancaster, the revenues of which accrue to the king, indicated at the start of the year that the government would ensure that there was no nor “extravagance or excess”, while defending “a wonderful moment in our history”.
In 1953, the coronation of Elizabeth II had cost 912,000 pounds at the time, the equivalent of 20.5 million pounds, while that of her father George VI, had reached 24.8 million pounds (equivalent in 2023 ), the most expensive ceremony in more than 300 years.
