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I do think that Huw and Nicholas Witchell had been made aware that the announcement was incoming by about 6pm ish, as for that last 30 minutes until the official announcement, it did feel like Witchell was speaking his words very carefully, almost like he had to keep stopping himself from blurting it out accidentally until it was time.

I had my eye on both BBC One and ITV at that point, and by about 6:15/6:20pm, the tone between Mary Nightingale and Chris Ship had certainly shifted as well and become even more serious. Though it's great shame that Mary's autocue seemingly wasn't ready for the announcement, even though she hit the nail in terms of everything else (just like Huw)