Prince Charles and Camilla’s 29‑hour visit to the Cayman Islands in March cost the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service $132,148.58 in overtime expenses. Between spending by the Governor’s Office, Cabinet and police, the visit cost the Cayman Islands government a total of $335,152.84. More than half of the spending, $192,680.48, was incurred by the police service.
Charles and Camilla’s 11‑day trip to the Caribbean previously came under scrutiny for its cost to British taxpayers. The UK government revealed in June that the Caribbean trip cumulatively cost £416,576, equivalent to around $420,000.
Other locations visited on their trip included St. Lucia, Grenada, Barbados and Cuba. Travel costs released by the UK government were not broken down by individual island.
The Caribbean trip was the most expensive for the UK public in a long list of royal trips between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019 that cost a total of £2.75 million, or approximately $2.8 million.
Among the expenses incurred by the Cayman Islands Cabinet office during the royal visit were $48,732.81 on entertainment, $34,787.76 on reception, and $25,159.83 on food and drink. Overall, Cabinet spent $138,669.42 on the royal visitors.
Other costs taken on by the police included $21,474.03 on official travel, $11,830 on building maintenance, $7,586.66 on dietary supplements and $6,851.16 on aircraft maintenance.