More than half of British people do not want the upcoming coronation of King Charles III to be funded by taxpayers, a new poll conducted and published on Tuesday found. | News24Arts
The YouGov poll found 51% of respondents believe the government should not pay for the 6 May ceremony to crown Charles and Camilla.It comes with the UK in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis and wide-ranging strikes by employees across the public and private sectors as decades-high inflation eats away at earnings.
The government is yet to disclose how much it will cost, with a Westminster Abbey ceremony on Saturday, 6 May and Windsor Castle concert on Sunday, 7 May, among the set-piece events. The country will also get an extra bank holiday on Monday, 8 May, which has an additional economic cost. Meanwhile, his grandfather George VI was crowned at the cost of £454 000 in 1937, which is worth £24.8 million in 2023.The poll of 4 246 adults found younger people - who have often been hardest hit by the cost-of-living crisis - least in favour of footing the bill for the landmark occasion.
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