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TV star Lisa Wilkinson seems to be growing taller by the day, or The Project's UK royal correspondent Lucy McDonald is shrinking, as the pair continue their nightly coverage of the Queen's funeral week.
Wilkinson - who is pro-Republican but also loves the British royal family - flew to London last week following the death of of the Queen at Balmoral Castle aged 96 on Thursday evening, UK time.
The 61-year-old host, who in 2018 jetted to Britain to cover the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, was dressed appropriately in black as she fronted the camera for Sunday evening's edition of The Project.
Wilkinson made headlines on the first night of her coverage with her claims to McDonald that Queen Consort Camilla looked 'nervous' at the proclamation ceremony of her husband King Charles III.
Camilla stood beside Prince William with her hands tensely crossed for much of last Saturday night's ceremony at St James's Palace, with both signing the proclamation as witnesses following the monarch's death.
'Camilla looked a little bit nervous during that proclamation ceremony yesterday. Did you notice that or was that just me?' Wilkinson asked Lucy McDonald as the pair broadcast live from outside Buckingham Palace.
Sunday: Lisa Wilkinson and The Project's UK correspondent Lucy McDonald (right) discuss King Charles' weekend proclamation and the Queen Consort's apparent nervousness
Monday: Again outside Buckingham Palace, Lucy McDonald and Lisa Wilkinson are covering the Queen's funeral week, although the height difference between the pair seems to be diminishing
'She kind of looked like she wanted to go home and have a cup of tea... or a glass of sherry,' Ms McDonald joked.
'Well that would be absolutely understandable,' The Project host agreed.
By Monday night, The Project's royal coverage had turned to the tide of people leaving notes and flowers in Green Park, adjacent to Buckingham Palace .
Wilkinson interviewed children, an Australian, an American and a British officer about their feelings for the late Queen before discussing the London crowds with McDonald.
Again the two were by Buckingham Palace, but McDonald's height advantage over Wilkinson seemed to have diminished slightly in 24 hours.
By Tuesday night, the height difference between McDonald and Wilkinson was almost non-existent as the two stood across the Thames River from Westminster Hall.
It is at this location where Queen Elizabeth's coffin will be taken on Wednesday to lie in state for four days before Her Majesty's funeral next Monday.
They discussed the scenes in Scotland of the Queen's children, King Charles, Princess Anne and Princes Andrew and Edward accompanied their mother's hearse along Edinburgh's Royal Mile.
Lisa Wilkinson noted what she thought was Queen Consort Camilla's nervousness during the proclamation of her husband as King Charles III in a ceremony at St James's Palace (above) last weekend
Tuesday: By Lisa Wilkinson's third night of coverage for The Project (above) the petite TV star appeared almost at eye level with Lucy McDonald, despite the UK correspondent's height advantage
Wilkinson has discussed the growing support in London for King Charles (pictured above with the Queen together at her platinum jubilee in June)
The Project co-host Kate Langbroek asked McDonald about the young man arrested for jeering at Prince Andrew, which she said was 'one voice of dissent in a very quiet crowd'.
As McDonald and Wilkinson discussed King Charles' upcoming trip to Northern Ireland, his gruelling schedule and the undoubted groundswell of support for him, the diminutive host appeared almost a head taller than she was two days previously.
Wilkinson is believed to be about 161cm tall, and is towered over in family pictures alongside her husband, writer, former rugby player and Australian Republican Movement chair, Peter Fitzsimons who is around 200cm tall.
It is not unusual for TV stars to use a box or platform on which to stand to report such events, as was the case at Princess Diana's 1997 funeral.
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