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BBC slammed for 'insensitive' wording during coverage of the Queen after passing
Her Majesty the Queen's ill-health - prior to her death, newsreaders up and down the country were talking about the miserable weather - but with a poor wording choice that viewers picked up on.Newsreader Romilly Weeks said "the heavens have opened", leaving some viewers to call it out.Taking to Twitter, one social networker penned: "'The heavens have opened’ is probably the worst thing a bbc correspondent could say."READ NEXT: Piers Morgan 'can't imagine Britain without the Queen' amid health concernsAnother added: "Can't believe I'm watching BBC and they are reporting outside where the queen is staying and reporter goes well the heavens have just opened on about the rain. What a dummy.""Wow terrible wording from @BBCOne 'the heavens haven opened at Buckingham palace'," penned a third.A fourth also noted: "This woman on bbc news finds it appropriate to use the phrase 'the heavens have opened' whilst standing outside the queens home where she is currently dying.