King Charles’s coronation watched by peak TV audience of 20 million

Event was most watched broadcast of year but substantially smaller than 29m who watched Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral

The coronation of King Charles was watched by a peak television audience of 20 million Britons on Saturday, according to official viewing figures.

This makes Saturday’s event the most watched TV broadcast of the year by some way, but the audience is substantially smaller than the 29 million Britons who watched September’s funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.