Within days after her death, a spokesman for Khamenei's office said that Queen Elizabeth II cost Britain more than a billion dollars a few months before her death (a reference to the celebration of her Platinum Jubilee, marking the 70th anniversary of her ascension to the throne) and that she was a "hag".
Within days of her passing, a spokesperson for Khamenei's office made a statement about Queen Elizabeth II's death and cost Britain over a billion dollars in celebration preparations for her Platinum Jubilee (a reference to the 70th anniversary of her ascension to the throne) and labeled her as "old woman".