7m watch funeral

THE BBC’s coverage of the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh was watched by an average of almost seven million people.

Viewing peaked just after 3pm, with 11.3 million people tuning in, the BBC said. The one-hour service was viewed by 11 million people on the BBC, 2.1 million on ITV, and some 450,000 on Sky, BBC News reported, citing the official Barb overnight averages for the hourlong time slot.