Sky News’ Dermot Murnaghan insists no scripts will be prepared for Queen’s funeral: ‘The day will be like nothing we’ve seen before’-Ruth Lawes-Entertainment – Metro

Murnaghan says Sky News doesn’t prepare scripts (Picture: Sky News/Getty)

Sky News presenter Dermot Murnaghan has spoken about his preparation for reporting the Queen’s funeral.

The 64-year-old will provide updates from Windsor, where the Queen will be laid to rest at St George’s Chapel on Monday September, 19 after lying in state at Westminster Hall.

Billions of mourners are expected to watch the ceremony on TV, which is expected to become the most watched global broadcast in history, while many Royal Fans and well-wishers have camped overnight to view the former monarch’s final trip.

Speaking to Metro.co.uk Murnaghan, who provided rolling coverage of the Queen’s poor health and death, revealed Sky news had not readied scripts for the momentous occasion.

He said: ‘On the day, it’s a breaking news story. There are no scripts. If you can’t think of something to say, you really shouldn’t be in the job. 

‘What tells the story of something of this enormity is not some broadcaster like me rabbiting on, it’s pictures and the sounds on your screen. The story is the story. The story is not me, and it’s not what I’d say.’

The former BBC presenter also said ahead of the funeral that it will be an unprecedented moment in UK history.

Murnaghan will provide updates from Windsor (Picture: Daniel LEAL / AFP)

He added:’ I was there on Wednesday when they had the procession, taking the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. That was a hairs standing on the back of your neck moment – and that was somber and relatively simple compared to what we’re going to see and what the world is going to see on the day of the Queen’s funeral.

‘[They will see] Britain at its best; and I don’t just mean the marching, the music, and just how well [the ceremony] is organised. It’s the people as well, as they are going to turn out absolutely in their millions.’

Billions are expected to watch the Queen’s funeral on TV (Picture: OTA/WireImage)

Murnaghan added: ‘It’s going to be the likes of which we’ve never seen before.’

Speaking about the reaction of the public towards the Queen’s death and funeral, the former CBNC Europe presenter said he had been ‘heartened’ by the nation’s response.

The Queen died at the age of 96 at Balmoral (Picture: Pool/Getty Images)

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He said:  ‘Hundreds of thousands of people have been queuing to see the Queen lying in state and some of them pretty much know they won’t get in. But that’s not the point – the point is that they’re there. And I get that, I think it’s really, really good.

‘I’m really heartened by the way the British people are reacting. It’s not a tearing of clothes and a wailing [type grief]. It’s not like the death of Princess Diana; it wasn’t a shock. It’s quiet. It’s respectful. It’s reflective and, slightly in those queues, celebratory. It’s an event. And there’s nothing wrong with that.’ 

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