[BeebBoy]

A terrible piece of continuity on BBC1 following the funeral, she sounded too upbeat that even my wife made a comment.

Even worse it went on on the News channel and World News too. It should have been more sombre and generic if being broadcast across the world.

You are, of course, correct. She sounded as though she was introducing 'Strictly', not bridging the most sombre occasion in living memory with a news programme reporting said occasion. It would have been better if they'd dispensed with that junction altogether, if that was the best they could do. Last night's anno into The Eve of the State Funeral was also excrutiating. I've heard some awful, totally inappropriate continuity announcements over the last couple of weeks from people who sound as if they've just been dragged in off the street, plonked in front of a microphone and given something to read on a scrap of paper, with no sense of gravitas whatsoever - and tone is vital on these occasions.
I realise the Beeb is trying to be more reflective of society as it is today, but (seemingly) without proper training and without finding people with an instinct for what sounds right, they're getting it badly wrong. And, as someone who has worked in a very closely-related job in one of the BBC's regions for over 25 years, I find it offensive, quite frankly. Having an accent should not be a bar to good announcing... but good announcing is not what we've been getting recently. Exceptional circumstances call for exceptional and experienced voices.