BBC coverage of death of Prince Philip breaks UK TV complaints record

The coverage also took over the news channel and BBC radio stations

The Duke of Edinburgh died at the age of 99 (Steve Parsons/PA)

The BBC’s coverage of the death of Prince Philip has drawn 110,000 complaints, the highest number ever published in the UK about television programming.

Philip died at Windsor Castle on Friday at the age of 99, prompting the corporation to clear its schedules across both BBC One and BBC Two to run a series of mirrored special programmes.