
THE “pomp and displays of wealth” following the Queen’s death will feel “a million miles away” from the lives of most people grappling with cost-of-living crisis, the Greens have said while blasting a sweeping statement a top Tory minister made about the cost of the late monarch’s funeral.
Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan claimed on Sky News taxpayers would argue the cost of the funeral was “money well spent”, despite not being able to say how much the state event had cost.