Australian broadcasters cannot acknowledge UK PM Liz Truss, name her ‘minor royal’ | World News

An Australian media channel confronted flak after the broadcasters did not recognise new British Prime Minister Liz Truss as she arrived at Westminster Abbey for Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on Monday. Channel 9 TV presenters Tracy Grimshaw and Peter Overton have been knowledgeable that a "vital motorcade" was approaching the Westminster Abbey- the place the state funeral was being held.

Each the presenters did not determine the British Prime Minister.

"Who is that this?" Tracy Grimshaw enquired when Liz Truss arrived together with her husband. "Onerous to determine, perhaps minor Royals. I can not determine them," Peter Overton replied.

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“We won't spot everybody, sadly. They seem like they may properly be native dignitaries, it is onerous to see,” Tracy Grimshaw then stated.

Realizing their mistake, the presenters clarified that the visitor was UK Prime Minister Liz Truss.

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