Twitter user Jo Ward joked: “We’d prefer Eurovision…” A fellow Twitter user, whose account goes under the name Marcus Tullius Cicero, commented: “[S]till won’t be watching that tripe.”
A fifth user of the platform, Dave, chimed in: “Wow. Our saviours.”
Meanwhile, campaigners called for the move to be made permanent. Currently, it costs £159 annually for a colour TV licence and £53.50 for a black and white one.
Rebecca Ryan, Campaign Director of Defund the BBC, told Express.co.uk: “It’s great to see the BBC suspension of the licence fee for the King’s Coronation. Now let’s make the move permanent.”
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