Princess Diana's funeral biggest TV event in British history!!

[sara8150]

Princess Diana's funeral still most watched TV event in history 20 years on from death
Princess Diana funeral biggest TV event as William and Harry mourned | Royal | News | Express.co.uk
Double post auto-merged: September 06, 2017, 01:30:54 PM

Diana's funeral is still the most-watched live TV event ever: 31million tuned in to watch the ceremony 20 years ago today
Diana's funeral is the most-watched live TV event ever | Daily Mail Online

[Curryong]

Yes probably more than 32 million people. We heard of people who had friends and extended family in to view the funeral on TV together.  It was a huge event.

[Duch_Luver_4ever]

Princess Diana Funeral - YouTube

CNN version

The Funeral of Princess Diana 1997 - YouTube

BBC version

In case anyone will want to watch it today, hard to believe the world said farewell 20 years ago today ( since we're still talking about her 20 yrs on, idk if it can be classed as goodbye) :flower: :flower: :flower:

[LouisFerdinand]

It is remarkable that Diana's funeral has had more views than her Royal Wedding, which should have been the happiest day of her life.   

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[Curryong]

There were more people around in 1997 than in 1981. And a lot of males for instance aren't particularly interested in the details of weddings, dresses, veils, bridal gear etc. I know I sound sexist, but I think that's true.

Whereas Diana's death and the drama of it all and the widespread mourning before it drew a world wide audience, not just in Britain. I think Diana's wedding drew millions of viewers from around the world too, though.

[Duch_Luver_4ever]

Very true, i think the male contingent were chaps like me that hated to see her "off the market" LOL. Remember Bryan Adams song, Diana "whatcha doin with a guy like him"  :lol:  The bulk of the audience were likely female, it would have been interesting if ratings companies or networks did any research on it.

As I recall the worldwide audience is most often quoted as 750 million for the wedding, and over 2 billion (2-2.5 billion) (of 6 billion ppl) for the funeral.

The world was more interconnected by 1997 compared to 1981, and was arguably the first worldwide tragedy.