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Whoops. Two presenters make an awkward gaffe as they covered the arrivals at the funeral.

Come with us as we try and identify who is getting out of the car. Thank you very much for that information," he said. I can't identify them at this point …"

An Australian news channel misidentified Liz Truss as a “minor royal” during Queen Elizabeth II's funeral. On Monday (19 September), the world watched on as ...

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Nine presenters Peter Overton and Tracy Grimshaw thought the UK's new Prime Minister Liz Truss was a "minor royal" at the Queen's funeral.

Look, to give Overton and Grimshaw credit, it truly was a bit hard to figure out who was hopping out of the car in the first few seconds. I’ve never wanted to be a fly so badly. “I’m just told that was Liz Truss the new Prime Minister in the distance, who we could see hopping out of that car,” he said. But alas, I digress. The camera was recording the motorcade from a weird bird’s-eye-view and it genuinely just looked like a blonde woman in a dress and a bloke in a suit hopping out of the car. [live coverage](https://www.9news.com.au/world/queen-elizabeth-ii-funeral-death-live-updates-british-royal-family-news-king-charles-iii-latest-headlines/7675569c-044e-4127-a088-31e46d3eb009) of the Queen’s funeral, as Overton and Grimshaw were announcing who was arriving at Westminster Abbey.

A pair of senior Australian broadcasters today mistook Liz Truss as a "minor royal" at the Queen's funeral instead of the UK's Prime Minister.

“I think we are now getting to the pointy end, as they say of the– I’m just told that was Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister, in the distance that we could see.” A pair of senior Australian broadcasters today mistook Liz Truss as a “minor royal” at the Queen’s funeral instead of the UK’s Prime Minister in an embarrassing gaffe. When the pair got out of their car, Grimshaw asked: “Who’s this?”

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss gets mistaken for 'minor royal' as Australian Channel Nine presenter makes an blunder during funeral coverage.

I go to prepare a place for you.’ And a third viewer wrote: ‘Happened to be passing by the living room in my house where my family are watching the Queen’s funeral. Thank you very much for that information,’ he said, before telling co-stars Karl Stefanovic, Ally Langdon and UK royal expert Dickie Arbiter that their British guest might be more help. Tracy Grimshaw: “And we’re not sure who this is who has arrived. I can’t identify them at this point…’ I would suggest this might be royalty, Tracy.

Prime Minister Liz Truss has helped lead tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth II giving a reading at the service.

Members of the– I can’t identify them at this point.” Within 24 hours of the Queen’s death, Ms Truss had her first meeting with the new King and was one of the first to swear allegiance to him in the Commons the Saturday after. “Who’s this?” Grimshaw asked, with Overton theorising: “Hard to identify.

The newly-appointed Conservative leader was given the honour of speaking at the state funeral of the late monarch - who died aged 96 on September 8 - and she ...

Australian TV presenters unable to identify Prime Minister Liz Truss during Queen's funeral · Peter Overton and Tracy Grimshaw incorrectly labelled the PM and ...

It’s hard to see, we are looking at the backs of their heads”. The presenters are quickly corrected that the people they could see arriving at Westminster Abbey were in fact the Prime Minister Liz Truss and her husband. Overton and Grimshaw were explaining to viewers who guests arriving for the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey.

Grimshaw says on live television: “Who's this” to which Overton replies “No, hard to identify maybe minor royals I can't identify them at this point.” Grimshaw ...

its hard to see we are looking at the back of their heads mostly.” A wreath from Number 10, signed by Prime Minister Liz Truss, sits close to the door at st George’s Chapel in Windsor where the Queen’s Committal service was being held, and says: “For a lifetime of devotion and duty we offer our deep and sincere gratitude.” [Australian](/topic/australian) news readers failed to recognise prime minister [Liz Truss](/topic/liz-truss) as she arrived for the [Queen’s state funeral ](/comment/queen-funeral-elizabeth-ii-magnificence-longest-reigning-monarch-b1026608.html)and dismissed her as likely to be ‘a local dignitary’.

The arrival of the new Prime Minister and her husband Hugh O'Leary at Westminster Abbey this morning left commentators for Channel 9 baffled as to who they ...

As the cameras then zoomed in on Ms Truss’s face, Mr Overton said: “We’re now getting to the pointy end as they say of the [royal family]”, meaning the lower leagues. "We’re looking at the backs of their heads mostly.” The arrival of the new Prime Minister and her husband Hugh O’Leary at Westminster Abbey this morning left commentators for Channel 9 baffled as to who they could be.

The newscasters said the Prime Minister and her husband could be 'minor royals' or 'local dignitaries'

Mr Overton picked back up: "But I think we are getting to the point in the end as they say with the..." Andy Newtown wrote: "Isn’t she the one that gave Australia its world beating trade deal? To which her co-host Mr Overton responded: "Hard to identify, maybe minor royals, members of the - I can’t identify them at this point, no." A clip of the moment, which is either mortifying or hilarious depending on your point of view, was posted to Twitter earlier today. Similarly, Daniel Kelly said: "I’ve never been so proud to be Australian." The Queen's funeral has been broadcast non-stop around the world today (September 19).

Liz Truss was the last Prime Minister appointed by Queen Elizabeth II, just two days before Her Majesty's death on September 8, 2022.

“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. King Charles III met with Ms Truss on Sunday before Her Majesty’s funeral, and was scheduled to meet the Prime Minister in the 1844 room at Buckingham Palace at 12.15pm. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.” Shortly afterwards, Mr Overton noted: “I think we are now getting to the pointy end, as they say of the– I’m just told that was Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister, in the distance that we could see.” At Her Majesty’s funeral, Ms Truss read out a prayer reading from John 14:1-9a, telling the congregation of 2000: “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God.” When the pair got out of their car, Ms Grimshaw asked “who’s this?”, as Mr Overton said they were “hard to identify”.

From a Lynton Crosby acolyte to the man who ran the TaxPayers' Alliance, Liz Truss has surrounded herself with zealots – and they could do a lot of damage, ...

(In the interests of fairness, we should spell out that he was spoken to as a potential witness, not a suspect.) A [Lynton Crosby](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/17/election-guru-lynton-crosby-attending-pms-morning-meetings) acolyte and very longtime Conservative campaigner, Fullbrook is known to have nice manners because that is a thing in Downing Street now. This is modern Conservatism – it works flat out in the interests of a class to which only a handful of its key players belong. [interviewed by the FBI](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/18/no-10-chief-of-staff-spoken-to-by-fbi-about-work-for-banker-accused-of-bribery) about work he did for a Venezuelan-Italian banker accused of bribing the governor of Puerto Rico.

Some international broadcasters failed to recognise Ms Truss as she arrived at Westminster Abbey, with Australian TV presenters speculating that she was a “ ...

Ms Truss has had to spend much of her first fortnight in 10 Downing Street working on the plans for the state funeral, which was led by Buckingham Palace but involved significant input from the Government, for example on security arrangements. As she walked in to the Abbey with her husband, Hugh O’Leary, a presenter on Australia’s 9News said the couple were “hard to identify, maybe minor royals… [in memory of the Queen](https://inews.co.uk/news/william-royal-duties-step-up-prince-of-wales-heir-to-throne-explained-1857929?ico=in-line_link); she also did so at a service in St Paul’s, the day after Elizabeth II died. Author [Caitlin Moran](https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/caitlin-moran-television-abandoned-comedy-working-class-characters-31353?ico=in-line_link) joked: “Well Liz Truss’s reading is a welcome respite from all the emotion, drama and beauty.” He said: “Those who serve will be loved and remembered longer than those who cling to power and privilege are long forgotten.” Ms Truss is substantially less well-known around the world than her predecessor, Boris Johnson.

Channel Nine reporters Peter Overton and Tracy Grimshaw struggled to identify the UK's new prime minister and her husband Hugh O'Leary while covering the event ...

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The new UK prime minister drew blanks from Channel 9's Peter Overton and Tracy Grimshaw.

“They look like they could well be local dignitaries, it is hard to see, we are looking at the back of their heads mostly.” The mix-up happened on Australia’s Channel 9 as it was covering the funeral, attended by prime ministers and presidents from around the world – including Australian premier Anthony Albanese. An Australian TV channel failed to recognise Prime Minister Liz Truss, as she arrived at Westminster Abbey for the funeral of the Queen.

They will meet against the backdrop of Brexit tensions over Northern Ireland and the PM failing to say whether the French leader is 'friend or…

Labour urged the Prime Minister to use the trip to start “rebuilding our country’s diplomatic influence”. “The Prime Minister must use the UN General Assembly to bring the UK back in from the cold and begin rebuilding our country’s diplomatic influence.” It comes as political action resumes after the period of national mourning for the Queen. “In the short term that means increasing the supply of gas and other sources of energy and in the long term it means democracies tapping into our shared resources, natural, technological and entrepreneurial to develop alternative sources of energy.” Ahead of the visit the Prime Minister’s spokesman described France as a “longstanding ally” and insisted relations between London and Paris, as well as with the EU, are “good”. Ms Truss sparked a diplomatic row during the Tory leadership contest when she declined to give a clear answer when asked if the president of the allied nation was a “friend or foe”.

The Prime Minister is travelling to the UN General Assembly on her first overseas trip since entering Downing Street two weeks ago - as politics gets back ...

We need to work together to end this once and for all.” [Joe Biden](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/joe-biden) in the Big Apple tomorrow, but is not expected to visit the White House. [Volodymyr Zelensky](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/volodymyr-zelensky) that, like her predecessor [Boris Johnson](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/boris-johnson), Ms Truss will continue to back Ukraine’s resistance. [Vladimir Putin](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/vladimir-putin) of trying to blackmail European nations but strangling supplies. “My message to the people of Ukraine is this - the UK will continue to be right behind you every step of the way. [Ukraine](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/ukraine).

Liz Truss will tonight fly to New York to attend her first United Nations General Assembly session as UK Prime Minister.

Truss will deliver a speech at the UN meeting on Wednesday, which will allow her to outline her foreign policy objectives for the first time as Prime Minister. Liz Truss will tonight fly to New York to attend her first United Nations General Assembly session as Prime Minister, just hours after attending the Queen’s committal service at Windsor Castle. Liz Truss to jet off to New York for her first UN General Assembly

LIZ Truss will tell world leaders they must put an end to Vladimir Putin's economic blackmail by ending reliance on Russian energy.

“She will be very clear that UK support for Ukraine will not falter. Ahead of the visit, she said: “Ukraine’s victories in recent weeks have been inspirational. The Prime Minister will say it is no time to “take our foot off the gas” when it comes to supporting Ukraine despite its recent military successes against Russia’s invasion.