Dan Walker 'cried in toilets' after presenting BBC Breakfast Dan Walker has opened up about the emotional details of the solemn task of informing viewers of Queen Elizabeth's death. The renowned broadcaster was live on Channel 5 when word filtered through about the September 2022 death of the beloved monarch who had sat on the throne for an astounding 70 years. Recounting the events to Sorted magazine, he described the precision and empathy needed at such a crucial moment.
The 47-year-old explained: “When I was at the BBC , now and again, you would go through what they call the obituary procedure, what you would do in the case of what they referred to as a Category One death. “You need to be super serious, but you also have to have a conversation with your viewers. Read more: Dan Walker shares behind-the-scenes clip of Channel 5 show with Helen Skelton Dan Walker left BBC Breakfast for Channel 5 in 2022 (Image: BBC) Dan continued: “I don't know if you ever told a member of your family that someone that you both love has passed away, that's the conversation you must have.
“Virtually everybody watching that programme had not known life without the Queen. It did feel like we were losing a family member, somebody that we knew. He reflected: “On Channel 5, I said something like, ‘I'm going to tell you some breaking news now.
I think you might want to sit down for this.’ "That's certainly the way that I would want to hear it if I were on the other end of that TV scree.
