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The Apprentice star Karren Brady praised the mum of Archie Battersbee who died on Saturday (August 6), aged 12.Archie's heartbroken mother Hollie Dance confirmed that the youngster died at The Royal London Hospital on Saturday afternoon after being in a coma for four months.The pre-teen was discovered unconscious by his mum on April 7 with a ligature over his head.READ MORE: Piers Morgan 'heartbroken' as Archie Battersbee's mum confirms his devastating deathShe believes that he may have been taking part in the Blackout Challenge – a disturbing trend which sees young people try various methods to make themselves unconscious.His parents, Hollie and Paul Battersbee had campaigned for weeks, including an application to the United Nations committee to request that the ending of his treatment be postponed.Now, Baroness Brady has paid tribute to young Archie as well as praising his parents for their dedication to their son.Writing in her column for The Sun, the Vice-Chairman of West Ham United penned: "No mother could have done more, Hollie has barely left his side for eight weeks, sleeping on a chair next to his hospital bed," before adding that "all of us" had been praying for a miracle during Archie's treatment.The businesswoman continued: "My heart goes out to Archie’s parents and family, o parent will ever be able to willingly accept that their darling child has died."I admire Hollie for the tenacious battle that she has fought on Archie's behalf, what a tremendous mother she is, and I wish her strength over the coming weeks and months."Confirming Archie's devastating death, Hollie said: "It's with my deepest sympathy and sadness to tell you Archie passed at 12.15 today (June 6).For more of the latest showbiz news from

The Queen has spoken about her bout of Covid, saying it left her "very tired and exhausted", as she sympathised with a former virus patient who lost his brother and father to the illness.

Queen has revealed that her own private battle with Covid in February this year left her "very tired and exhausted" as she hit out at the "horrible pandemic".The monarch, who turns 96 later this month, tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year and, despite having what Buckingham Palace said were “mild cold-like symptoms”, continued with as many remote public duties as she could.At the time of diagnosis, royal insiders were supposedly "terrified" and even "holding their breath". She has since beaten the virus.And for the first time, on a virtual visit to the Royal London Hospital on Wednesday (April 6), Her Majesty shed some more light on what her experience had been like – even agreeing with another patient that having Covid was "very frightening".The remote Royal visit was held to mark the official opening of the hospital's Queen Elizabeth Unit.During a video call with workers and medical staff, the Queen listened to their stories of coping with the huge influx of Covid patients, and was told by one senior nurse “we held their hands, we wiped their tears and we provided comfort”.Around 800 people from across north-east London were treated at the 155-bed Queen Elizabeth Unit, built in five weeks to meet the demand instead of the normal time period of five months, and the Queen hailed the "Dunkirk spirit" on show during that time.Speaking to former Covid patient Asef Hussain, and his wife Shamina, the Queen said about the virus: “I’m glad that you’re getting better…It does leave one very tired and exhausted, doesn’t it? This horrible pandemic.