The Sunday Times has courted controversy after journalist Caitlin Moran claimed the Queen’s funeral acted as an “emotional proxy” for people who lost loved ones during lockdown. The Queen’s funeral service at Westminster Abbey on Monday was watched by more than 26 million viewers in the UK, one of the country’s biggest ever TV audiences, provisional figures show. The figure is not quite as high as the official ratings for the funeral service of Diana, Princess of Wales in September 1997. Writing in the Sunday TImes, Caitlin Moran said the event acted as an “emotional proxy” for people who lost loved ones during lockdown, much to the anoyance of people on social media. Here’s a pick of the reaction to Moran’s editorial:what a disgusting assumption to make for those of us who experienced bereavement and a wretched lockdown funeral for someone they loved deeply.

Source: The Times September 21, 2022 19:31 UTC