Prince Philip's funeral, beating the ratings for Harry and Meghan’s Oprah Winfrey interview by two million.The BBC’s live coverage beat out ITV in the ratings battle, with 11.4 million viewers at its peak, ten times that of ITV’s 1.2 million and 13.6m viewers in the UK overall.The BBC's average viewer figure for Saturday’s funeral stood at 6.6 million, with ITV only pulling in 851,300 on average.Harry and Meghan’s bombshell interview had 12.4 million viewers at its peak when it aired in the UK last month.The BBC coverage was fronted by Huw Edwards while ITV’s was co-hosted by Tom Brady and Julie Etchingham.The BBC’s largest number of viewers came in at 3.08pm with ITV’s only a minute earlier at 3.07pm.This marked the start of the funeral,.
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