Article 5GR4T 13 million in the UK tune in for live TV coverage of Prince Philip’s funeral

13 million in the UK tune in for live TV coverage of Prince Philip’s funeral

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Caroline Davies
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The two-week period of royal mourning continues, during which the Queen will mark her 95th birthday

More than 13 million people in the UK watched live television coverage of the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral which saw a Queen in mourning, masked and sitting alone, during her first public appearance since the death of her husband of 73 years.

The BBC's coverage of the scaled-back military procession and St George's chapel service at Windsor Castle attracted 11 million viewers at its peak, with ITV seeing 2.1 million and Sky about 450,000. The Queen Mother's 2002 funeral was watched by 10.4 million, while that of Diana, Princess of Wales, had a record 32 million in 1997.

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