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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

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)

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

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Ministers to review Channel 4 privatisation and scrapping of BBC licence fee

Culture secretary says she will ‘re-examine the business case’ but declines to say if licence fee could be axed

The Guardian - UK

No plans to ‘water down’ online safety reform plans – Culture Secretary

Michelle Donelan said the Online Safety Bill would face tweaks only in certain areas.

The Independent UK

Taxpayers will argue Queen's funeral was 'money well spent', says Culture Secretary

CULTURE Secretary Michelle Donelan has said that taxpayers will argue the cost of the Queen’s state funeral was “money well spent”.

The National (Scotland)

Good Morning Britain share estimate of how many people were in The Queue

The Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said she never expected the line to become the marvel it did

Liverpool Echo

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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

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

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

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

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

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan revealed the number on Tuesday morning

Evening Standard

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

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'

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Channel 4 privatisation: a moment to step back

Editorial: The new culture secretary would be wise to abort a move that makes no economic sense and few people want anyway

Daily Mirror

Mourners face 30-hour queue for '5 miles' to see Queen’s coffin, ministers fear

The lying-in-state will last four and a half days from 5pm on Wednesday, and queue lines were already being set up outside the Palace of Westminster this morning

Wales Online

New culture secretary wants to scrap BBC licence fee 'altogether'

Michelle Donelan previously called it an 'unfair tax' and said the Beeb was failing older viewers

The Guardian - UK

A word to the UK’s new culture secretary: Nadine Dorries was a toxic disaster. Do better

Arts and media were casualties in the ideological war waged by the Johnson government. They deserve a serious champion, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

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Evening Standard

Who is Michelle Donelan, the new Culture Secretary? We’ve got the lowdown

She has worked for WWE and was the shortest-serving Cabinet member in British history

The Independent UK

Liz Truss’s Cabinet in full

The new Prime Minister held her first meeting of the Cabinet on Wednesday morning.

The Independent UK

Theatre energy crisis highlighted as priority for incoming Culture Secretary

A joint statement from the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre said it hoped to work with Michelle Donelan on issues such as the energy crisis.

Evening Standard

New Culture Secretary urged to rethink Channel 4 sell-off

Campaigners against Channel 4 privatisation called on new Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan to “look again” at the planned sell-off.

The Independent UK

Michelle Donelan: Channel 4 and BBC licence fee on new Culture Secretary agenda

Ms Donelan’s role as Secretary of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is her second cabinet position, after less than two days as Education Secretary.

Manchester Evening News

Who is expected to be in Liz Truss' new Cabinet?

The new Prime Minister will be finalising her Cabinet roles

The Independent UK

The new top team: What could the Truss Cabinet look like?

Veteran Westminster watchers have started to speculate about who will sit round the table with the new Prime Minister.

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