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British government spent 162 million pounds on Queen Elizabeth funeral
British government departments spent a total of $204 million (£161.7 million) on Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral and related events, the Treasury said on Thursday.
The queen’s funeral on September 19 was preceded by a period of national mourning which included a lying-in-state at London’s Westminster Hall to give members of the general public a chance to bid goodbye to their longest-reigning monarch in person.
Before being moved to London, the coffin also lay at rest in Edinburgh cathedral.
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