[James2001]

You know I am not comparing them, you are being deliberately confrontational 

What I am saying is that big TV programmes get up to 10m, exceptional moments of national importance can get 20-25m, nothing EVER gets more than 30m. So as a starting point already half the population aren’t watching. It’s how many watch after you’ve taken that into account that is important.

Diana's funeral peaked at 32million. I'm aware of how ratings generally work for these kinds of things, I never said I expected 55 million to tune in. I just said considering how much the fact this Royal event is a first for most has been hammered home it's surprising (or not for some) it rated at the lower end of the ''exceptional moments of national importance'' scale and not the higher end.

And don't forget the queen's funeral peaked at 28 million only a few months ago, so the coronation is substantially less than even that, despite the poor weather in much of the country yesterday which likely got some people to watch who wouldn't have if the weather was good. So even in terms of major events of more recent times (including several football matches- the Euro 2020 final got nearly 30 million), viewing figures were lower.

I'm not sure why it's such a sore point for some to point out that while the viewing figures were high, they weren't as high as other major events both past and present but I've seen lots of it across the internet today.