Carol Vorderman's jibe to Liz Truss after victory - 'Have I time travelled back to 1979?'

King and the new Prime Minister was actually a strict breach of major protocol, according to an expert.After he returned on Friday from being at his mother's side in Balmoral, King Charles had a meeting with Liz Truss in which she gripped his arm.In their meeting, she expressed her 'very, very sincere condolences' and the King confided that his mother's death had been 'the moment I've been dreading'.READ MORE: Queen's funeral is 'biggest ever anti-terror op' with snipers on roof and SAS on standbyAnd whilst the 'human moment,' as Downing Street called it, was apparently welcomed by the King - it was actually a breach of the rules, according to Royal biographer and historian Hugo Vickers.He told the Mail on Sunday: "On a very strict interpretation of Royal protocol rules, the PM should not have held the King's arm in this way."The rules are that you leave it to the King to do the arm touching. The Royal Family is supposed to initiate the contact.

Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96 on September 8.Her funeral has been confirmed for Monday, September 19, with the UK being granted a new Bank Holiday for it by King Charles III.Over the next week, the King and Prime Minister Liz Truss are travelling across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as part of the national mourning period’s events.The Queen’s Lying-in-State will take place between Wednesday, September 14 and September 19, allowing the public to visit Her Majesty’s coffin.It is a way for the UK public to pay their respects in person ahead of the state funeral.From Wednesday evening, the public will be able to pay their respects to the Queen at The Palace of Westminster in London.Ahead of the event, the coffin will be moved from Buckingham Palace to The Palace of Westminster for the Lying-in-State.It will start at 5pm on Wednesday, September 14, and will be available to visit 24 hours a day until 6.30am on the day of the funeral on Monday, September 19.Those wanting to pay their respects have been warned that the queue will be very long.

Carol Vorderman has said the death of Queen Elizabeth II is a loss which has reminded her of losing her own mother. After watching Queen Elizabeth II's coffin begin its journey from Balmoral to Edinburgh on Sunday, the presenter took to her Instagram to share her grief for the late Sovereign. Carol penned: “As the Queen's coffin begins its long journey from Balmoral to Edinburgh, and then onto London, there will be many of us who will shed tears for those we lost, particularly for our mothers and fathers and grandmothers and grandfathers and Uncles and Aunts who were born and lived through similar decades to Her Majesty.” She continued: They saw the biggest changes the world has ever known, bigger than our generations will ever see.

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Holly Willoughby joined thousands of mourners paying respects to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace following the monarch’s death. The This Morning presenter was joined by her three children as they visited Her Majesty’s London residence on Sunday. Members of the public have flocked to various Royal residences in London, Windsor and Scotland after the Queen died at the age of 96 on Thursday following a 70-year reign. Her Majesty died at her home in Balmoral just two days after hosting meetings with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his successor Liz Truss, to formally invite the new PM to form a new Government.As a hearse carrying the Queen’s coffin made its final journey through Scotland on Sunday, TV presenter Holly took her children, Harry, 13, Belle, 11, and Chester, seven, to pay tribute to the Queen at Buckingham Palace.She shared photos of the trio looking out at the sea of floral tributes laid for the Queen outside the palace gates. In one image, Belle appeared to be laying her own card down on top of a bouquet of flowers. Willoughby, 41, captioned the Instagram post: ‘Time to reflect and pay our respects… the children wrote the most beautiful words…’ This Morning guest presenter Vanessa Feltz commented: ‘We’ve just been.

The Apprentice's Karren Brady has admitted that she was "slung out" of Buckingham Palace after outstaying her welcome.Writing in her latest column for The Sun, the Baroness touched on how "fortunate" she feels to be able to say that she met the late Queen Elizabeth II on "many occasions".In her piece for the paper, Karren revealed that she shared "multiple dinners, lunches, banquets and drinks" with the monarch.READ NEXT: Strictly Come Dancing chaos as launch show faces cancellation in BBC shake-upShe recalled in her column how she first met Her Majesty in 2004, and was among 100 other women for the Women of Achievement Lunch.With the likes of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in attendance, Karren sat down for a meal with some of the most famous faces in the UK - and the world.Karren explained how when the Queen introduced everybody and when she reached her, she was stunned by everything she had achieved.

READ MORE: X Factor 2009 stars now - race row, Simon Cowell rant and Katie Price fling rumours Jumping onto Twitter, Jedward told their 664,000 followers: "Abolish the monarchy and give the people real democracy!"Seeing their tweet on their screens, fans appeared rather outraged and responded in their droves.One social media user wrote: "Abolish Jedward."Another penned: "Any chance you two could just be quiet? It is not Ireland's place to call for the abolishment of the monarchy of another country. What about Andorra, Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Sweden?"A third said: "You might have noticed in the last day or so, our monarchy is the bed rock of our democracy, if you look through the hate in your eyes, see past and present politicians elected by the people agreeing to uphold the law , no one is being forced to sign anything , grow up lads."Meanwhile another annoyed tweeter wrote: "If you knew anything about the government, politics and the monarchy, you’d know how profoundly stupid your tweet was.

Leaders and monarchs from across the globe have paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death yesterday afternoon. Political leaders, kings and queens, as well as religious leaders have all shared heartfelt condolences on this day of mourning.

 “BOOK OF CONDOLENCE“As with so many millions I've felt it respectful to pay my own small tribute to Her Majesty.“The official Book of Condolence is open and found here if anyone wants to do the same.“https://www.royal.uk/send-message-condolence“I met the Queen a number of times, once at a stunning private lunch with her and Prince Philip in Buckingham Palace, of which more perhaps at a different time.“She was my Nain's (grandmother) Queen, my mother's Queen and mine.“God bless you Ma'am.“What a woman you were.” The post itself read: “You were my grandmother’s Queen, my mother’s Queen, and also mine. “You were our constant, our island in a storm, our place of calm. “As a woman you saw us through a liberation larger than any in history.“We will miss you. I will miss you. “With the utmost respect, your servant, a little girl from Wales.“From Carol Vorderman MBE.”The star’s fans rushed to the comments section to share their thoughts, well wishes as well as their own condolence messages. Jules_sampson penned: “Heartbroken.”Teggers147 wrote: “Couldn’t have said it better.”Kim.speller.7 said: “Nicely put carol.......

King Charles III publicly addressed the nation and the world following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The 73-year-old former Prince of Wales, who will officially be proclaimed as the new sovereign king on Saturday, spoke about his late mother’s historic legacy in a public address on Friday evening in a pre-recorded message from Buckingham Palace. In the speech, Charles acknowledged the «profound sorrow» both he and his family and the world were feeling in the wake of the queen's death. He also vowed as king to «endeavor to serve you with loyalty, respect and love as I have throughout my life.» On a personal note, he proudly announced that his eldest son, Prince William, and daughter-in-law, Kate Middleton, would be the new Prince and Princess of Wales, titles he and the late Princess Diana previously held.

The King has held his first in-person audience with Prime Minister Liz Truss at Buckingham Palace. The 73-year-old succeeded his mother following her death yesterday (Thursday).

King Charles has undertaken one of his first tasks as monarch, meeting with Prime Minister Liz Truss.The in-person audience with the new prime minister, who is still in her first week in the role, came shortly after Charles, 73 , returned to London from Balmoral, where he was at his mother's side as she died.The meeting comes just days after the late Queen Elizabeth II welcomed Truss to Balmoral as she took up the role of prime minster on Tuesday. While a period of national mourning lasting 10 days has officially begun, royal protocol dictates that Charles is to be thrown into official duties as Monarch.

Former Prime Minister Theresa May had MPs in hysterics when she shared a story of the time she dropped some cheese in front of the Queen. May paid tribute to the late monarch in the House of Commons on Friday (September 9).

King Charles has arrived at Buckingham Palace for the first time as monarch this afternoon.

King Charles III's private jet bringing the new monarch back from Scotland after the Queen's death. More than a hundred well-wishers gathered at RAF Northolt in west London to watch the landing his jet, King Charles III back from Scotland, marking the first time that the former Prince of Wales set foot on English soil as the new king.According to FlightRadar24, 153,000 users were tracking flight KRH20R as it touched down at RAF Northolt at 1.35pm this afternoon (Friday, September 9).

Campaigners and politicians in Greater Manchester have reacted with anger after Liz Truss announced she was to allow fracking  to return to the UK. The PM has scrapped a 2019 ban on the fossil fuel extraction process as part of a wider energy bills strategy.

The Queen appeared to follow her late husband Prince Philip's mantra 'Just get on with it' following his death, but "never fully recovered" from his loss, a royal expert has said. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday 8 September at the age of 96, over a year after her beloved husband Prince Philip passed away at the height of the coronavirus pandemic on 9 April 2021.

King Charles III and wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, were photographed leaving Balmoral Castle to make the journey back to London.

Prime Minister Liz Truss has paid tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II in Parliament, describing her as 'one greatest leaders the world has ever known'. MPs observed a minute’s silence in memory of the Queen in the House of Commons chamber on Friday (September 9).