Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey was watched by an average of 11.3 million people in the U.K., according to overnight figures posted on Tuesday by BARB.

The interview aired on U.K. broadcaster ITV on Monday, where it aired in a 9 p.m. slot. At its peak, the CBS sit-down — which sparked a bidding war in the U.K., as revealed by Variety — had 12.3 million tuned in to the broadcaster.

The special is the second most watched TV program of the year so far, second only to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s national address in January to announce new lockdown measures.

This was ITV’s biggest peak audience since the 2019 Rugby World Cup final and the biggest on any channel, outside of government and pandemic-related announcements, since the “Strictly Come Dancing” final on BBC One in December 2020.

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