BBC Strictly Come Dancing series one winner who some fans may not recognise

Eleven days after her death was announced, Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest on today (Monday). The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral on September 8, aged 96.

Soap fans may be wondering when they'll next get their Emmerdale, Coronation Street and EastEnders fix as the TV schedules are disrupted. The Queen's state funeral will take place today, Monday, September 19, with all major broadcasters covering the historic event.

Ellie Simmonds is preparing to wow the ­nation on Strictly – yet she is already being bullied online. Brave Ellie, however, who struck gold five times in the paralympics, refuses to let the trolls’ nasty comments take the shine off becoming the show’s first contestant with dwarfism. The athlete, 27, who won 2008’s BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year, hopes to show fans they can achieve anything.

Rylan Clark's mum feared her son had had a stroke after his marriage broke down. The BBC Radio 2 host spent months away from work and out of the limelight after his relationship with Dan Neal came to an end last year.

The stars of Strictly Come Dancing have officially undergone their glitzy and glam makeovers ahead of the news series. The hit BBC One show was set to return to screens on Saturday night (September 17). However, the broadcaster took the decision to postpone.

The Queen's funeral will be broadcast around the world at 11am on Monday September 19, as she is laid to rest.

A Scots radio DJ thought she was seeing things after driving past a house and spotting a Christmas tree last night.

K.J. Yossman Last Thursday evening (Sept. 8), “Operation London Bridge” – the codename for the British government’s longstanding arrangements surrounding Queen Elizabeth II’s death – swung into motion as the U.K.’s longest-serving monarch, who recently celebrated a record-breaking 70 years on the throne, drew her last breaths at Balmoral Castle in the Scottish Highlands. For global news outlets, this was also a moment many had spent decades preparing for. “I’ve literally been thinking about this for many, many years,” said ABC News’ senior executive producer for special events, Marc Burstein. Similarly Chris Shaw, editorial director at U.K. broadcaster ITN News, told Variety that over 35 years he has rehearsed the Queen’s death “several times each decade.”

A former protection officer of The Queen has revealed how Her Majesty celebrated when she discovered her granddaughter Zara Tindall had won an Olympic medal after being too nervous to watch the event live. Former royal protection officer Richard Griffin recalled his time with Queen Elizabeth II on 13 September on Sky News. He confirmed The Queen's adoration for horse riding and said that the Queen had been too anxious to watch Zara's competing run at the 2012 Olympic Games.

This year’s Strictly Come Dancing launch show has officially been postponed following The Queen’s death. The highly anticipated launch show for the BBC One show's 20th series was due to take place on Saturday 17 September and would have been the first time this year’s dancing couples were revealed to the public.

IT seems the much-feared Strictly curse has struck again. The BBC show’s 2021 champion Rose Ayling-Ellis and her boyfriend of seven years, Sam Arnold, went their separate ways recently. Apparently, time spent apart while Rose, 27, was away on the Strictly tour in April took its toll on the relationship.

FORMER Strictly Come Dancing star Scott Mills has insisted the pro dancers aren't always happy about their celebrity pairings. The Radio DJ admitted that things aren't always as they seem when it comes to how happy the professionals are at who they are picked to dance with in the BBC competition.

STRICTLY Come Dancing star Helen Skelton has revealed her surprise link to one of the judges on the BBC One competition. The former Blue Peter star - who is set to take to the dance floor for the first time this weekend - admitted that she sometimes plays golf with Anton Du Beke.

Helen Skelton, 38, has been keeping herself busy since she announced she had split from her husband Richie Myler, 32, after an eight-year marriage and three children. As she prepares for Strictly Come Dancing next week, Helen shares her "grief" as it's "something we all have to deal with" as she moves on from Richie.Helen presented a show on BBC Radio 5 today and shared a short video to her 325,000 Instagram followers enticing them in.The Countryfile presenter began: "A lot of people in my job do what we do because we like being part of moments that bring the country together."Normally that's celebratory things like the Olympics or World Cup Finals.This is a coming together of a different kind."It's coming together in the morning and in grief.

Sky News presenter Sarah-Jane Mee, 44, has come under fire after she mistook a Chris Kaba march in Trafalgar Square for royal crowds marking the death of the Queen.Sarah has taken to Twitter to personally apologise for her major reporting error, with Sky News also commenting on the incident.Sarah took to Twitter yesterday to apologise for her rooky live error earlier in the day.She wrote in view of her 196,000 Twitter followers: "I made a mistake on air, I wrongly identified crowds in Trafalgar Sq as some of the 1000s heading to Palace when at that moment it was people turning out for Chris Kaba."I’d like to personally apologise to those involved.

STRICTLY star Helen Skelton looked incredible in skintight leggings as she took a break from dance practice and returned to her day job. The broadcaster, 39, hosts Channel 4's rugby league coverage and was in fine spirits at Huddersfield Giant's play-off against Salford Red Devils.

Prince Harry touched Royal fans with the tenderness he showed for wife Meghan Markle as the monarchy's "Fab Four" were reunited.The Duke of Duchess and Sussex joined Prince William and Kate Middleton to walk among the crowds outside Windsor Castle and look at the floral tributes left for the Queen, following her death on Thursday at the age of 96.Royal insiders have declared that Harry and Meghan were invited by William to join the Prince and Princess of Wales for the public appearance and, to the joy of the well-wishers present, the quartet looked at ease in one another's company.It was Harry, though, who had those looking on swooning the most, with his public displays of "protectiveness" for his wife and one romantic gesture in particular, reports The Mirror.As William, Kate, Harry and Meghan finished up their walkabout and gave one final wave to the crowds, the Duke of Sussex proved he was a true gent and headed to quickly open the car door for his wife.READ MORE: Sky News issues apology following 'disgraceful' Queen blunder after her deathSocial media users didn't miss the sweet moment and have since praised him for it.One person wrote: "Say what you will about Harry and Meghan but he puts his arm around her back and opens her car door for her. He loves her.

Strictly dancers have had to pretend they’re happy with celeb partners on the hit show, it is claimed.The professionals always look thrilled when it’s revealed who they will be dancing with.But Scott Mills claims some of them fake joy for the cameras - despite being secretly miserable.READ MORE: Strictly Come Dancing pairings leaked days before first live show set to airThe DJ was a contestant in 2014 and says he saw what really went on.Speaking on Radio 5 Live, he said: "On my series there were some dancers who weren’t happy with their celebrities. But it was never seen on screen."Scott’s co-host Chris Stark is convinced many of the reactions are faked.He said: "One of the things that gets me is when the contestant meets the dancer for the first time and they both have to pretend that they would have chosen each other."The chances that every contestant has been linked with exactly the right dancer and that dancer has been linked with exactly the right contestant is mind-boggling.

He said he intends to be “one of the people” who beat apraxia.Chris continued to The Daily Mail: “It has been crazy, unbelievable, lovely, and I thank the public for that and all of my friends and colleagues.