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Too much Prince Philip coverage? BBC says complaints have been received

Sat, 10th Apr 2021 16:00

LONDON, April 10 (Reuters) - The British Broadcasting
Corporation said on Saturday it had received complaints about
the amount of coverage it dedicated to the death of Prince
Philip after some viewers were upset that normal programming was
cancelled.

The BBC interrupted normal programming on radio and
television a few minutes after Buckingham Palace announced at
midday on Friday that Philip had died, and many scheduled
programmes were scrapped for the rest of the day to make way for
coverage of his death.

"We're receiving complaints about too much TV coverage of
the death of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh," the BBC's
complaints web page said.

Some Twitter users criticised the BBC for acting as a
Soviet-style state broadcaster pumping out propaganda while
others said it was being unfairly attacked for covering a major
news story.

Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband, died aged 99 after more
than seven decades at her side at the heart of the British
monarchy.

A spokesman for the BBC declined to comment.

Viewing figures show the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 all lost
audience on Friday after clearing programmes to run obituaries
and reviews of Philip's life, Deadline reported.

British newspapers were dominated by the news.

The Daily Mail published a 144-page issue, complete with a
"magical souvenir magazine" entitled "A VERY dashing Duke",
while The Sun's headline led with "We're all weeping with you,
Ma'am."

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge
Editing by Frances Kerry)

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