But I think they haven’t really read the room as it were. “I am a bit of a royalist and I do like the royal family. It’s a figure many are finding hard to swallow in Doncaster. The government has refused to put a figure on the cost of the coronation, with estimates by British media ranging from £50 million to more than £100 million ($63 million to $125 million). There will be golden carriages and priceless jewels and custom-made designer outfits that cost more than most people make in months. The King’s coronation this Saturday will showcase some of the enormous wealth accumulated by the British monarchy over the centuries. Liz Coopey, left, a volunteer at the Given Freely Freely Given food bank in Doncaster, helps local resident Angela Davis with her shopping bags. Yet at the same time, the UK government is getting ready to spend tens of millions of taxpayers’ money on a glitzy event celebrating one very, very rich man: King Charles III. Stubbornly high inflation, years of wage stagnation and the sudden and steep rise in energy prices have left millions of Brits on the brink of poverty. Already struggling, the region has been hit hard by the severe cost of living crisis that is now impacting the whole of the UK. Like many parts of northern England, the South Yorkshire city of just over 300,000 people has never quite recovered from the industrial decline and mine closures of the 1980s and 90s. It’s really sad that it’s got to the point where someone is working full time and not making enough money to cover basic human necessities,” Andy Unsworth, a minister at the church who manages the Given Freely Freely Given food bank, told CNN.ĭoncaster is among the United Kingdom’s more economically deprived areas, but it’s not unique.
“They are using all of their wages to pay the bills and they’ve got no money left for food. These days, many of those coming through the door are people working full time. When it first opened before the pandemic, the food bank was serving mostly homeless people. “I’ll put the lilies in my vase and the rest on my mother’s grave,” she said. Apart from essentials like bread and vegetables, she got a bouquet of flowers donated by a supermarket.
The church operates the cafe alongside a food bank which offers free food, clothes, household items and other necessities to locals who are struggling.ĭavis lined up early, arriving two hours before the church doors opened.
I was a bit down about it,” she told CNN over a cup of tea and biscuit served at the community cafe at St. The single mother of five – with three kids still living at home – had realized that after paying her bills, she simply had no money left to buy food. The first time Angela Davis went to a food bank was mortifying.
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