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BBC may give less time to royal deaths after complaints over Prince Philip coverage

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BBC boss has hinted that the broadcaster may give less airtime to royal deaths after the Beeb was inundated with complaints following Prince Philip's death.The broadcaster received a record number of complaints following Philip's death, with it attracting 109,741 complaints in total.It is the highest number ever published in the UK about television programming.The figure beat the previous complaints records which were held by Jerry Springer: The Opera, which attracted 63,000 complaints in 2005.

Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand's infamous call to Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs previously drew 42,000 complaints in 2008.The Times reported that Director-General of the BBC Tim Davie shared viewer numbers on the night of The Duke's death were.

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