Queen Elizabeth’s funeral watched by 11.4 million people in U.S. -Nielsen

By Lisa Richwine

(Reuters) – Roughly 11.4 million folks in the USA watched the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the primary time TV cameras have been allowed on the funeral of a British monarch, the Nielsen scores company mentioned on Wednesday.

The determine represents the typical viewers on 13 cable and broadcast networks plus viewership in public locations resembling bars and eating places. It doesn’t seize all the individuals who watched through streaming.

The service for the monarch, who died Sept. 8 after 70 years on the throne, came about on Monday in London’s Westminster Abbey and was broadcast world wide.

The BBC mentioned the vast majority of folks in Britain tuned in to the occasion. Viewership throughout BBC networks and its iPlayer streaming service peaked at 22.4 million folks. About 32.5 million watched a minimum of three minutes, making it the largest viewers because the closing ceremonies of the London Olympics in 2012.

Analysts have tried to estimate the scale of the worldwide viewers for the queen’s funeral, however there isn’t a customary business measurement world wide.

(Reporting by Lisa Richwine in Los Angeles; Extra reporting by Daybreak Chmielewski in Los Angeles and Helen Coster in New York; Modifying by Kirsten Donovan)