How many people watched Queen's funeral

Queen Elizabeth was laid to rest on Monday and a fake viewing figure about her funeral has gone viral online.

There are only an estimated 1.7 billion TV’s in the world for starters!” [Queen](/en-gb/2022/09/09/touching-poem-about-the-queen-and-prince-philip-goes-viral-after-her-death/) Mother’s funeral viewing statistics, as 5.1 million people watched her funeral on the BBC. [added](https://twitter.com/RichPearce/status/1572205082229325826): “Anyone who thinks that 5.1 billion people watched the funeral yesterday needs to give their head a wobble. [photo](https://twitter.com/HRH_William_/status/1571909222593593344) of the procession and wrote: “5.1 Billion people watched the Queen’s Funeral, 63% of the worlds population.” [wrote](https://twitter.com/LeeNoble20/status/1572208554538573832): “5.1 BILLION people. [Queen Elizabeth’s](/en-gb/2022/09/08/which-queen-reigned-the-longest-victoria-and-elizabeth-ii-both-had-long-stints/) funeral haven’t been released at the time of writing this and the 5.1 billion figure is false.

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral was the first state funeral to be held yesterday (September 19) since the death of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965. The Queen's ...

The Queen’s father King George VI’s funeral was also broadcast in 1952. "Combined peak of around 28.5m viewers on main channels, final figure will be a bit higher. [Queen Elizabeth II](/latest/queen)’s funeral was the first state funeral to be held yesterday (September 19) since the death of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965. Massive audience but smaller than Euro 2020 final." According to estimates from Overnight.tv, 33million people watched the funeral in the UK on the BBC and other channels. Figures are just starting to come in for the numbers who watched the Queen’s funeral on television.

MORE people in the UK tuned in to watch the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy than switched on their TVs for the Queen's funeral on…

The final results may come as a surprise to senior UK politicians. "Interesting comparison to audiences for the EURO2020 final," he noted. [Commons](https://www.thenational.scot/politics/westminster/), described the Queen’s funeral as “the most important event the world will ever see” over the weekend. [Queen Elizabeth's funeral 'destined to be biggest TV event in history'](https://www.thenational.scot/news/21486316.queen-elizabeths-funeral-destined-biggest-tv-event-history/) According to the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (Barb) - which is responsible for recording TV audiences - around 28.5m people tuned in to view the Queen’s funeral across the main channels of MORE people in the UK tuned in to watch the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy than switched on their TVs for the Queen’s funeral on Monday, figures suggest.

Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral, which took place on Monday 19th September, was viewed by 20 million people across BBC One and BBC Two.

The Queen was then buried in a private family service at 7:30pm. [Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022: How her screen appearances guided a nation](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-affairs/queen-elizabeth-obituary/) [Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022 – her Radio Times covers across the decades](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-affairs/queen-radio-times-covers/) [The world of entertainment pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/current-affairs/queen-elizabeth-tributes-death-newsupdate/) The Queen's funeral followed a period in which she was lying in state in Westminster Hall, with people queuing for miles and for many hours in order to file past her coffin. From 10:44am, the Queen's coffin was taken in a procession from Westminster Hall where she had been lying in state to Westminster Abbey, with the funeral service then taking place from 11am. The day of the funeral was marked with an official bank holiday, and was the last day of the state-wide period of mourning which took place following The broadcast received a peak audience of 19.5 million on BBC One and an average of 12.9 million on the channel, with 1.22 million watching on BBC Two.

Peak TV ratings for the Queen's funeral were 19.5 million on BBC1; 2 million on BBC2; 5.3 million on ITV; 934,000 on Sky News; and 831,000 on the BBC News ...

Oh, and over in Australia, some presenters really [struggled to identify the new UK PM Liz Truss](https://www.indy100.com/australian-presenters-liz-truss-funeral) - we don't blame them. \u201cRunning the stats to get a conclusive final number on this is complete nightmare because it was simulcast on so many channels. For instance, 170,000 people watched the Queen's funeral on Sky Sports Main Event.\u201d— Jim Waterson (@Jim Waterson) For example, he said that 170,000 people watched the Queen's funeral on Sky Sports Main Event. [who viewed it via the smut channels](https://www.indy100.com/viral/babestation-showing-queens-funeral). Peak TV ratings for the Queen's funeral were 19.5 million on BBC1; 2 million on BBC2; 5.3 million on ITV; 934,000 on Sky News; and 831,000 on the BBC News Channel.

Monday's funeral was the first to be televised for a British monarch. The funeral procession of King George VI, her father, was broadcast in 1952, but not the ...

Today's viewing figures for people watching the Queen's funeral on TV sets alone represent a similar proportion, at 55%. Monday's funeral was the first to be televised for a British monarch. Cameras were installed in Westminster Abbey for the first time to cover the event.

The royal family is observing another week of mourning for the Queen after a state funeral on Monday, with the ceremony and procession having been watched by ...

The service was also simulcast on dozens of other television channels, which created some unusual juxtapositions. Despite the enormous interest, the commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II did not meet predictions of becoming the most-watched broadcast in British television history. Comparing the audiences for different events over time is also a challenge as methodologies change. Donelan said most British people would view the cost of the Queen’s funeral as “money well spent”, but that she could not put a figure on what that cost was. When asked on Sky News about the cost of the funeral, she said: “I’m not sure of the exact costings, but as I say, I think the British public would argue that that was money well spent. All the channels were offering the same core footage but with different experts and presenters.

The service was broadcast simultaneously on a range of networks, including BBC One, BBC Two and BBC News; ITV along with ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4; and Sky News ...

[250,000 people joined the huge line](https://news.sky.com/story/more-than-250-000-people-saw-the-queen-lying-in-state-in-westminster-hall-in-london-says-culture-secretary-12701726) to the [Queen](https://news.sky.com/thequeen)'s coffin lying in state for four days in London's Westminster Hall at Parliament. Tens of thousands of mourners flocked to London and Windsor to witness the state funeral as well as to catch a glimpse of the coffin as it was driven to St George's Chapel for the committal service in the Berkshire town. It has also been revealed that at least 250,000 people joined the huge line to the Queen's coffin lying in state for four days in London's Westminster Hall at Parliament.