Meet the Millers: Ipswich family named funniest in Britain by the Beano comic

Watch a video report about the Millers by ITV News Anglia's Russell Hookey

A family in Ipswich has been crowned Britain's funniest by the Beano aftermillions of votes were cast.

The Millers won the affections of the public with their rendition of Queen'sDon't Stop Me Now, which they entered into the "funniest family song anddance" category in the Beano's Britain's Funniest Family competition.

For their efforts, they were awarded with a trophy as well a Nintendo Switchwhile the family will also feature in an issue of the Beano later in the year.

  • Watch the Millers' winning video entry as Britain's Funniest Family

The Miller family from Ipswich will feature as characters in The Beano later in the year. Credit: The Beano

The competition was launched with the intention of helping families throughlockdown by reducing anxiety and was developed by Beano in partnership with mental health charity Young Minds.

Families were able to pick one of four categories to enter: funniest familyjoke, funniest family prank, funniest family face and funniest family song anddance.

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan and a panel of Beano comedy experts put together a shortlist of 20 families across the UK which then went to a public vote online.

The Millers - Katrina, husband Scott, son Devon, 17, and daughter Lola, 13 -selected the latter and danced around their house to the Queen classic, singing along to their own modified lyrics.

Part of the prize the Millers won for people voted Britain's Funniest Family was to be immortalised in the Beano comic. Credit: Jeff Spicer/PA Wire/PA Images

The family also won subscriptions to the comic for their friends and family.