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The BBC mentioned it achieved UK viewers highs of 28 million watching the channel's protection of the Queen Elizabeth II state funeral on Monday including that the general viewership accounted for “the vast majority of the UK public”.

Reside footage of the Queen lying-in-state was streamed 25 million occasions throughout BBC on-line, the broadcaster mentioned.

“Yesterday was BBC One’s greatest viewing day for the reason that 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony,” a spokesperson of the broadcaster mentioned.

“At peak, 22.4 million folks have been watching throughout all BBC channels," the spokesperson added.

Following Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday, Tuesday marked the beginning of a interval of royal mourning as the brand new monarch King Charles III headed to Balmoral Fortress in Scotland.

Queen Elizabeth II was laid to relaxation after a non-public burial in Windsor. The monarch, who died aged 96 on September 8, was buried alongside her late husband, Prince Philip, who died final yr, at an intimate ceremony after a grand state funeral attended by world leaders, European royal households and the general public gathered.