The BBC's decision to cut into its television and radio schedule and devote wall-to-wall coverage of the death of Prince Philip last Friday led to over 110,000 complaints from the public.
The Guardiannewspaper reports that a record number of people in the U.K. complained directly to the BBC over the public broadcaster's coverage in the 24 hours after the announcement of the Duke of Edinburgh's death at the age of 99.
Buckingham Palace released official news of the prince's death on Friday at noon, local time, at which point the BBCcleared its schedules to cover the news with BBC One, BBC Two and BBC News all carrying the same feed and BBC Four taken completely off the air.
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