The average audience for the King’s Coronation service at Westminster Abbey (11:00 – 12:59) was 18.8m across 11 channels and services. — Barb (@BarbAudiences) May 7, 2023How many people watched the Queen’s Coronation? In June 1953, it’s thought that millions watched the coronation of the Queen but there are no reliable figures, making comparisons with TV ratings of today difficult. The coronation was watched by more than 187 million viewers in the UK on Saturday (Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)Since then, the highest TV audience on record was for the funeral service for Diana, Princess of Wales, in September 1977 which was seen by 31.0 million on the BBC and ITV. The televised address by former prime minister Boris Johnson in March 2020 which saw him announce the first Covid-19 lockdown was watched by 28.2 million people.

Source: Express May 07, 2023 12:16 UTC