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Britons have reacted with amusement after Australian journalists Peter Overton and Tracy Grimshaw mistakenly referred to UK Prime Minister Liz Truss as a 'minor royal' at Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday.
The senior Channel Nine journalists were left scratching their heads as Truss and her husband Hugh O'Leary climbed out of her car at Westminster Abbey, prompting Overton to speculate: 'They must be royalty, Tracy.'
Mocking the on-air blunder, one British Twitter user wrote: 'Australian media trying to identify Liz Truss when she entered Westminster and trying their best with "maybe minor royals" or "local dignitaries" made me chuckle.'
Brits have reacted with amusement after Australian journalists Peter Overton and Tracy Grimshaw mistakenly referred to UK Prime Minister Liz Truss as a 'minor royal' at Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday. (Pictured left: Overton and Grimshaw reporting on the funeral, and right: Truss and her husband Hugh O'Leary arriving at the ceremony)
'I present, for your viewing pleasure, footage of Liz Truss getting out of a car, and Australian media being like, "Who the f**k is that?"' another tweeted.
Someone else added: 'Yelling at the Australian funeral commentators calling Liz Truss and her husband "minor royals" 'cause they don't know who they are.'
However, Australian feminist writer Jane Caro has claimed the BBC's coverage of Her Majesty's final farewell wasn't without its flaws either.
She suspected journalists for Britain's national broadcaster did not recognise Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, because he was shown on screen for an extended period of time without being identified by the commentary team.
The Nine newsreaders were mocked on Twitter by Brits for failing to identify the new PM
'BBC focuses on Albo entering the church - it's clear the commentators have no idea who he is,' Caro tweeted.
Overton and Grimshaw were left red-faced after they failed to identify British Prime Minister Liz Truss during their commentary on the Queen's funeral.
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