The British government has revealed it spent 162 million pounds ($304 million) on the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Elizabeth II was Britain's longest-reigning monarch, holding the throne for 70 years.
Upon her death in September 2022, the country entered 10 days of national mourning, which included a lying-in-state where around 250,000 people queued for hours to view her coffin.
The state funeral that followed was the first in the UK since that of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965.
After the funeral, the late Queen's coffin was taken to its final resting place in Windsor.
Ascending the throne in her place, King Charles III, also embarked on a tour of the UK.
Cost estimates published by the Treasury on Thursday, eight months after the event, showed the majority of spending was by the Home Office, which handled policing and security.
The Home Office accounted for 73.7 million pounds, a little more than 45 per cent of the total costings.
With world leaders and dignitaries from all over the world flocking to the city to attend the event, the funeral was the biggest policing event the London Metropolitan Police had ever handled.
"The government's priorities were that these events ran smoothly and with the appropriate level of dignity, while at all times ensuring the safety and security of the public," Treasury chief secretary John Glen said in a statement.
Around 57.4 million pounds was spent by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, which organised the public viewing at the late Queen's lying-in-state, the queue for which, at its longest, snaked 16 kilometres around London.
The cost of King Charles's coronation, the ceremony that symbolised his ascent to the throne, has been the topic of fierce debate regarding ceremonial pageantry at a time when many in the UK are living in poverty.
However, the UK government has, so far, refused to comment on the cost of that event.
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