'It isn't an honour' John Cleese's savage swipe as Liz Truss wins Prime Minister race

Queen Elizabeth II‘s coffin has arrived at Buckingham Palace, where thousands of mourners lined up to watch, and the entire royal family — including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — were at the Palace when the hearse arrived via police escort.

Queen Elizabeth II's coffin has arrived at Buckingham Palace, where thousands of mourners lined up to watch, and the entire royal family — including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — were at the Palace when the hearse arrived via police escort.King Charles III, Camilla, the Queen Consort, Prince William and Kate Middleton were also seen arriving at the Palace before the coffin's arrival Tuesday night in London where, according to the, mourners also belted out «hip hip hooray» after the coffin made its way inside the Palace's grounds. Earlier in the day, Her Majesty's coffin boarded the Royal Air Force Globemaster C-17 plane and traveled from Edinburgh to Britain. The queen had been lying in rest at St.

“Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” fans in the U.K. slammed Sky this week after they axed a joke about the late Queen Elizabeth II.

EXCLUSIVE: UK pay TV service Sky cut portions of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver yesterday evening over tongue-in-cheek comments related to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

K.J. Yossman U.K. viewers have taken to Twitter to lambast Comcast-owned network Sky for apparently cutting two jokes related to Queen Elizabeth II in the local broadcast of “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.” In HBO’s broadcast, which aired on Sunday night in the U.S., Oliver opens with a joke about the President of Chile before saying: “But obviously, we need to start with the U.K., which is clearly still reeling from the shocking death of a 96-year-old woman from natural causes,” which is followed by laughter. Oliver continues: “It is a big moment which for some reason absolutely everyone felt that they had to weigh in on from [Swedish CGI dance music act] Crazy Frog, which tweeted out ‘RIP the Queen’ [and a] candle emoji – a tweet that’s impossible to read without mentally adding [Crazy Frog’s dance music] – to Dominos U.K. which posted, ‘Everyone at Domino’s joins the nation and the world in mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts and condolences are with the Royal Family.’”

Piers Morgan, 57, has been known for his vicious digs directed at Meghan Markle, 41, and this week has been no different since Queen Elizabeth II died. As Meghan joins her husband as they grieve the loss of his grandmother, Piers' son Spencer Morgan took to Twitter to hit out at the Duchess of Sussex with the Good Morning Britain presenter agreeing with his point.Spencer spoke out on what he calls Meghan supporters' "convenient" argument in a fresh jibe at the Duchess and her loyal fans.He wrote: "The Meghan criticism is a ‘racist’ narrative… always seems to overlook the first couple years where she was loved by everyone.

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.

John Cleese, 82, regularly slams cancel culture and "woke" attitudes for being the death of comedy and the Monty Python star always adds further debate to the matter on Twitter. In his latest jibe, directed at the "woke community", the comic reacted to a piece that addressed noise sensitivity - a condition called misophonia, where the British funnyman appeared to suggest people were attempting to ban breathing.According to the NHS misophonia, also known as hyperacusis, is a condition where everyday noises are louder than usual, and can sometimes result in severe pain.John took to Twitter to respond to an article headline: "Misophonia, a little-known syndrome, is characterized by strong negative emotional reactions to certain sounds or visual cues, like chewing or sniffling.

Dame Joan Collins discussed how thrilled she was to be involved in the Jubilee Pageant to celebrate The Queen’s 70 years on the throne back in June.Speaking of the the late royal, she began by saying she was a "wonderful woman".Of their chats, the actress said the Queen was just like speaking to a next door neighbour, which may come as a surprise for some.“She’s inspirational, she’s terribly easy to talk to and terribly interested."It’s the sort of conversation you could have with your next door neighbour," she added to Saga Magazine.The Dynasty star has met the Queen on many occasions, most recently at a RADA reception held at Buckingham Palace in 2014.Clint Eastwood's on-set affair that almost ended in real-life duelA picture from the event shows the pair having a discussion while holding onto a beverage each.The Queen's death was announced on Thursday evening after doctors said she was under medical supervision.Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored this week, Joan told the host she "couldn't stop crying" after hearing the news.The 89-year-old went on to say: "Even though you expect it, and obviously we've been thinking about it, you really think, 'She's iconic - she's never going to go.She's always going to be there for us'.Joan added: "She's part of my whole life.

Hollywood icon Joan Collins has revealed that she "couldn't stop crying" following the news of The Queen's death.Tributes are continuing to pour in from across the globe, following the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, at Balmoral on September 8, at the age of 96.Speaking to Piers Morgan on his TalkTV show last night (September 9), Dame Joan held back tears as she spoke about the moment that she heard the announcement of The Queen's death.READ NEXT: Piers Morgan says Queen is 'biggest star of them all' and was 'constant rock'"First of all I was sitting there watching the news yesterday with my daughter Katie and we hear suddenly a message from the Palace that the Queen is not well and I said, ‘That just doesn’t sound good."Her voice began to break as Joan continued: "We started watching it and the more times we saw the Queen when she was a little girl, when she was a teenager, when she was 21 and said that really wonderful speech, the more upset we got."When we finally heard the news at 6.30pm, you know I couldn't stop crying."Even though you expect it and obviously we have been thinking about it, you really think she’s iconic, she’s never going to go. She’s going to be there for us."Joan has spoken openly about her love for the Royal family in the past, and added that The Queen was a "part of my whole life, I don’t remember being around when she’s not around."The actress also reflected on her memories of time spent with The Queen, who appointed Joan an Officer of The Order Of The British Empire (OBE) in 1997 for her services to drama, as well as making her a Dame Commander of The Order Of The British Empire (DBE) in 2015 for her services to charity."She was so sweet.

Queen Elizabeth II died aged 96 surrounded by her loved ones at Balmoral on Thursday.The nation grew concerned for her health when Buckingham Palace announced she was under medical supervision on Thursday.Following her passing, Jeremy Clarkson penned a tribute on social media and also dedicated his latest column to her.The 62-year-old began by telling readers he had struggled to sleep on the day it was announced and went on to call the Queen "our unchanging rock".Reflecting on her 70 years on the throne, he went on to say: "What’s truly incredible is that she never really changed."It was pointed out this week that she never went out of fashion because she was never in it.Jane McDonald's weight loss after husband 'left me'"That is so true.

A rousing rendition of ‘God Save the King’ rounded off the packed ‘Service of Prayer and Reflection for Queen Elizabeth’ at St Paul's Cathedral in London. Members of the public who had spent hours on Friday (09. 09.

Liz Truss, the Queen's 70-year reign meant she held weekly audiences with 15 prime ministers whilst on the throne.Nobody would have foreseen that she would only formally meet the latest incumbent of No 10 once - just two days before her death on Thursday.And how that relationship would have panned out is anybody's guess - with Truss a former teenaged republican.READ MORE:Ulrika Jonsson claims 'old flame' Prince Edward gave her item that belonged to the QueenIn all likelihood, we might never have got to find out anyway with the Queen having never officially spilled the beans on what went on behind closed doors during her meetings with the many varied head of governments.Fortunately, though, when judging which ones were her favourites and which she was less keen on, there have always been a significant number of royal insiders and political figures happy to break confidences and pass on tit-bits or rumours. So, from what we've heard and been told, here is a rundown of how the Queen got on with some of them following her succession of George VI in 1952...(1951-1955)War hero Churchill was almost 80 when Elizabeth, 25, was crowed Queen and had an affection for her that was similar to that shown by a grandfather.

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).

The first official rendition of God Save the King will be sung at St Paul’s Cathedral at the end of a memorial service for the Queen.The lyrics to the national anthem will change from “Queen” to “King” and “her victorious” to “him victorious” to mark that King Charles III has now taken over as monarch. It comes after crowds spontaneously sang the version of the song outside of Buckingham Palace on Friday as the King arrived with the Queen.The anthem is also expected to be sung at the Kia Oval on Saturday as the England v South Africa Third Test Match resumes.

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 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).

Elton John, 75, was in the midst of belting out his greatest hits on his Yellow Brick Road tour when he stopped to remember the Queen.The monarch died aged 96 at Balmoral surrounded by her loved ones. News of her death was announced yesterday afternoon after an official statement said she was being supervised by doctors.During his gig at the Rogers Centre in Toronto last night, Elton stopped the music and gave an emotional speech. He told the crowd: "She was an inspiring presence to be around, I've been around her and she was fantastic."She led the country though some of our greatest and darkest moments with grace, decency and a genuine care and warmth."Piers Morgan blasts 'vile disgusting' criticism of Queen after deathThe singer continued: "She's been with me all my life."And I feel very sad that she won't be with me any more.