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Edinburgh Live
National
Donald Turvill

Edinburgh requests Operation Unicorn payment over Queen's death costs

Edinburgh Council has called on Westminster to pay back more than £500k spent on events to mark the Queen's death.

The Capital played a major role in the days following the late monarch's passing in September as her coffin was transported from Balmoral for a period of lying in state.

The painstakingly-planned response, given the codename Operation Unicorn, saw the city incur costs for extra street cleaning, traffic management and stewarding for the arrival of the hearse and vigil at St Giles Cathedral.

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