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Sam Elliott-Gibbs & Steven Rae

BBC News slammed over 'awful' broadcast blunder just as Queen's coffin left Balmoral

BBC viewers were far from impressed after technical difficulties disrupted their broadcast of the Queen's final journey from Balmoral.

The 96-year-old's oak coffin was draped with the yellow Royal Standard of Scotland, with a wreath of flowers on top as it left her Highlands home, making the six-hour trip to Edinburgh.

But as people tuned in on Sunday, the emotional scene was wrecked at the worst possible moment when the screen suddenly became blurry on BBC News, reports the Mirror.

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