Dan Walker has shared intimate details about the moment he had to break the news of Queen Elizabeth's death to viewers. The seasoned 47 year old broadcaster was on air for Channel 5 when the announcement came through that the beloved monarch had died in September 2022 at the age of 96, after a historic 70-year reign. He shared his experience with Sorted magazine, explaining the delicate balance required in such moments.
He said: "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 1 death. You need to be super serious, but you also have to have a conversation with your viewers. 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.
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 screen. I just explained what was happening at Balmoral at the time, and I think the nation was prepared for it, but nothing gets you ready for the news that it's actually happened and it's official." READ MORE: Heart-wrenching moment Queen Elizabeth broke royal protocol fo.
