That time Tracy Grimshaw told viewers the Queen had abdicated

Big affairs of state bring out the best in the world’s media.

Like News Corp’s UK tabloid The Sun, who killed off Prince Philip last night, when the poor chap was merely retiring from public life at the age of 95.

If the Queen were to do the same thing, that would of course be abdication of the throne, and a far bigger deal. At which point, Nine’s A Current Affair stepped up with a cry of “Hold my beer…”