Prince Philip deserves to be celebrated
PRINCE Philip died just two months short of his 100th birthday, so missed out on a telegram from his wife. It’s sad news for her and for the rest of his family, of course, and they deserve our sympathy. But it soon became clear that many felt the wall-to-wall coverage of tributes was excessive. The BBC took the scheduled BBC1 and BBC2 programmes off air on Friday, as EastEnders, Gardeners’ World and the final of MasterChef were replaced with pre-recorded tributes. And it was flooded with complaints. BBC2 lost two-thirds of its audience as a result. ITV also suffered a heavy drop i...