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More than 29m people in UK watched Queen’s funeral, TV data shows

Figure is fewer than 31m who watched Euro 2020 final, and peaked at 19.5m viewers on BBC One

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2022

Culture Secretary seems to forget Tories have been in power for over a decade

Have you ever seen the film Men in Black? The Jouker has, and it seems the Tories have got a hold of the neuralyzer – a device used to wipe…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 20, 2022

Queen’s funeral – latest: King Charles in Balmoral for week of private mourning

King Charles not expected to carry out any official engagements for seven days

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

Around 250,000 people viewed Queen’s coffin as she lay in state

Government officials ‘still crunching numbers’ to determine exact number of people who queued for hours to pay respects

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

Quarter of a million people filed past Queen’s coffin in London

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan gave the figure the morning after the nation’s longest-reigning monarch was buried at Windsor Castle.

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

The Queue: Minister says how many people are believed to have waited to see the Queen lying in state

Thousands of people waited for hours to see the coffin on the late monarch before her state funeral on Monday

Wales Online · Sep 20, 2022

Minister reveals how many people waited in 'The Queue' to see the Queen's coffin

Waiting times in the line to file past the coffin hit a peak of more than 14 hours

Manchester Evening News · Sep 20, 2022

More than 250,000 people queued to see Queen lying-in-state

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan revealed the number on Tuesday morning

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2022

As national mourning period ends, 250,000 viewed Queen's lying-in-state

Some 250,000 mourners filed past Queen Elizabeth's coffin at Westminster Hall in London during her lying-in-state, the government said on Tuesday, as the nation's mourning period ended.

Reuters · Sep 20, 2022

More than 250,000 people filed past Queen's coffin during lying in state

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said she couldn't give a figure for the cost of the state funeral but said 'I think the British public would argue that was money well spent'

Daily Mirror · Sep 20, 2022