They were a hundred million curious people around the world to attend the coronation of Charles III and Camilla on Saturday May 6, 2023 at Westminster Abbey.
What score in France?
The ceremony was broadcast on TF1, France 2, M6 and news channels continuously.
According to Mediametrie data, just over 6 million French people followed this historic day.
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In detail, France 2 came out on top with 3.6 million viewers (30.1% market share) counted between 12 and 4 p.m. ahead of the special edition presented by Julian Bugier with Stéphane Bern and Adélaïde de Clermont- Thunder at his side.
Opposite, TF1 with Gilles Bouleau and Anne-Claire Coudray was able to rely on 2.8 million Crown fans between 12 and 2 p.m., or 2.8 million audience share.
M6, which offered a "12.45" extended to 2 p.m., only attracted 217,000 people and a 1.7% audience share.
As for the news channels, we still have to wait to know the figures.
Their audiences are not communicated until 11 am.
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By way of comparison, the funeral ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II of England had gathered 7.5 million viewers in September 2022 on all French channels.
The funeral of the Queen's husband, Prince Philip, had attracted 7 million viewers (53.4% audience share) on April 17, 2021. More than 8 million viewers were in front of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018 against 9 million on April 29, 2011 for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton (17.14% PDA).
The record for an event around the British monarchy is held by Lady Diana's funeral on September 6, 1997, which was watched in France by 10.1 million viewers on average between 8:50 a.m. and 1:20 p.m., and only on TF1 and France 2, info channels did not yet exist at the time.
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