Royal couple’s visit to Canada for Platinum Jubilee cost RCMP nearly $450K
By The Canadian Press on December 19, 2022.
OTTAWA – The RCMP say the visit to Canada by King Charles III, who was then Prince of Wales, earlier this year cost the federal police force nearly $450,000. The Mounties provided a breakdown of the costs it incurred for his three-day visit this past May, where he was accompanied by Camilla, the Queen Consort, who was then Duchess of Cornwall. It shows the RCMP spent around $235,000 on travel and about another $212,000 on overtime. It says there still may be additional costs to process, adding that the totals do not include regular salary costs, benefit plans or supporting units. The price tag is merely a portion of what the overall visit cost taxpayers, as other departments, such as Canadian Heritage, were involved in hosting the royals on their travels to Newfoundland, Ottawa and the Northwest Territories. King Charles visited Canada as part of a royal tour to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 19, 2022. 8-7
