EFE.- The coronation of King Charles III and Camilla recorded an average television audience in the UK of 18.8 million people, with a maximum peak of 20.4 million people when the Archbishop of Canterbury imposed the crown on the ruler, as this Sunday analysis estimates Barb confirmed.
Figures from the organisation, which is run by the BBC, Channel 5, ITV, Sky News and other British channels, showed that the audience for Saturday’s ceremony was slightly below the average audience of 26.5 million recorded in funeral last September in England. Elizabeth II.
The previous king’s coronation, in 1953, was considered one of the events that marked the beginning of television as a means of mass communication in the country.
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Public broadcaster the BBC estimates that around 20 million people watched the ceremony live seventy years ago, although at that time there was no reliable system for accurately measuring audience numbers.
The coronation and coronation procession of Charles III was one of the most watched events in the country in recent years.
The opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics was watched by an average of 24.2 million people, while the final of the European Football Championship in July 2021 was watched by 22.5 million people.
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