BBC One announces Queen’s death and plays national anthem
by Mark Sweney and Jim Waterson from World news | The Guardian on (#63DRW)
Broadcasters followed carefully laid plans to deliver news of monarch's passing
UK news broadcasters including the BBC and ITV had well-rehearsed their strategies to deliver meticulous coverage of the death of the Queen.
The death of Prince Philip during his sleep last year, the Queen's life-long companion and husband of 73 years, meant no opportunity in advance to galvanise coverage with correspondents in location or breaking news of royals converging on airports.
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