LONDON — Many Britons are feeling poorer all the time. But their royal family is very rich indeed.
Now that the cinematic spectacle of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral is over, and the spasm of national grief over a beloved monarch's death is beginning to subside, attention is turning back to the royal coffers — which are, for a certain slice of the British public, a perennial sore point.
As is the practice for state funerals, British taxpayers will foot the still-undisclosed bill for 10 days of solemn, grandeur-filled pageantry that culminated in Monday's funeral, a trio of elaborate ceremonies that ended with the queen's interment in Windsor Castle.
