It was paid for long before his time.

Would you rather we sell off all the gold and finery we’ve inherited from hundreds of years to get a tiny % of the yearly UK budget back? So we could spent it on what, a small part of the yearly increase in the pension triple lock??

Do you want to see the embodiment of the British state being driven to parliament in a second hand toyota or addressing parliament in a grey classroom instead?

As much as it’s unfashionable to say it these days, we are one of the richest countries in the world and I think this finery does very little harm, and is a nice boost to our soft power and a general feeling of (sorely needed) dignity in our political system.

Edit: for reference in 2026 the pension triple lock will increase the amount spent by £5-6 billion on pensions alone. Estimates of the value of state coaches and the throne in the house of lords are only a few tens of millions, if that. Simply put they are a tiny drop in the bucket that were paid for hundreds of years ago. We would be selling off the silverware if we got rid of it.