Coronation Street fans fumed after ITV delayed airing thesoap by 10 minutes.
On Monday (September 12), Queen Elizabeth II was put at rest in St Giles’ Cathedral as mourners gathered in the heart of the city to pay their respects to the late monarch.
King Charles III and his three siblings Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward held a vigil in her honour as they stood around her coffin and held a minute’s silence.
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But as the nation mourned the longest reigning monarch in history, fans of the Manchester-based TV show flooded to Twitter to share their disappointment at the delay.
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Viewers have been on the edges of their seats all weekend as they patiently waited for the show which got pushed back following the Queen’s sudden death on Thursday (September 8).
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The official Twitter account for Coronation Street finally admitted that the programme was “later than billed” as it kicked off Friday’s episode at 8.10pm.
Fans soon flooded to Twitter to share their annoyance at the delay online as one user penned: “#Corrie aww there’s no chance they’re going to skip talking about the King so we can watch out show [two eye roll emojis].”
Another pointed out: “They need to stop giving us false hope that #Corrie is on – they knew beforehand that there was going to be a vigil tonight for the Queen.”
A third asked: “Where on earth is #Corrie? Is it not on this week at all?” while one user fumed: “Oh for goodness sake!! Put corrie on.”
It comes after ITV confirmed their schedule for Tuesday (September 13) amid the ongoing period of mourning for the late matriarch.
After Her Royal Highness passed away at her Scottish home in Balmoral, popular TV shows like Lorraine and Loose Women were pulled from ITV’s schedule.
Although This Morning with Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield aired as usual on Monday morning, Loose Women was shelved once again as ITV – as well as other broadcasters – continued to focus on the death of the Queen and showed special news segments remembering her life.
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