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Sam Elliott-Gibbs

BBC News slammed over 'awful' TV blunder just as Queen's coffin left Balmoral

BBC News viewers were far from impressed after technical difficulties disrupted the Queen's final journey from Balmoral.

The 96-year-old's oak coffin was draped with the yellow Royal Standard of Scotland with a wreath of flowers on top as her left her Highlands home, making the six-hour trip to Edinburgh.

But as people tuned in on Sunday, the emotional scene was wrecked at the worst possible moment when the screen suddenly became blurry.

It left those who were tuned in unable to see the coverage for a few moments

Many took to social media to share their frustration with the BBC's coverage, which has until now earned high praise for how they have dealt with the death of the beloved monarch.

You can leave your tributes to Queen Elizabeth II here

The screen blurred out at the worst possible time (Sky News)

Upset viewers made their feelings known after the frustrating blunder.

One wrote: "BBC you have one job to do and at the most critical time your tech goes down. Shocking truly shocking."

Another penned: "Useless coverage of The Queen leaving Balmoral! Why is the picture cutting out at the most crucial time?"

A third echoed: "BBC have given us ENDLESS coverage, yet true to form just when the Queen leaves Balmoral for the last time, the picture on the BBC outside broadcast breaks up."

People tuned in on Sunday to watch the start of the Queen's final journey (REUTERS)

A fourth viewer added: "BBC News sad that at the moment Queen leaves Balmoral, the picture blanks/breaks up, BBC must do better and pre-test their cameras."

A BBC presenter was forced to apologise after announcing the death of the Queen hours before she had passes away.

Yalda Hakim, host of BBC World News' Impact with Yalda Hakim, tweeted that the monarch had died at 3pm.

At that point, the Queen was "comfortable" at Balmoral, officials said.

She said sorry for her mistake, writing on Twitter : "I tweeted that there had been an announcement about the death of the Queen.

"This was incorrect, there has been no announcement, and so I have deleted the tweet. I apologise."

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