Queen's soap visits - Emmerdale explosion, opening Corrie set and 'not EastEnders fan'

Lady Mary Russell was one of Queen Elizabeth II‘s maids of honor at her 1953 coronation, and she died on September 18 — just one day before Her Majesty’s state funeral.

Emmerdale star Danny Miller believes his character Aaron Dingle is “a lot harder” than serial killer Meena Jutla and would “leather her” in a fight.As the 50th anniversary episode fast approaches, fans of the ITV soap can’t wait to see the return of some of their favourite characters over the years.Last month, telly bosses announced that Aaron Dingle, Diane Sugden and Tracy Metcalfe will all return to the show for a huge storyline ahead.READ MORE: Emmerdale's Mack mystery man revealed as fans 'work out' secret hunk's identityIn the past 12 months, the star has left the long-standing show, won I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! and helped his wife Steph Jones to raise their newborn son Albert.With the highly-anticipated anniversary episode just around the corner, the King of the Jungle was asked if he was ever worried his character would be killed off by the killer nurse during his break away from the show.In an exclusive interview with Daily Star and other publications, the actor proudly boasted that he had no concerns Meena would kill him offscreen.He chuckled: “I think Aaron’s a lot harder than Meena anyway, I reckon he’d leather her.”All jokes aside, Danny added that he was extremely grateful the ITV bosses “spared” his character from the wrath of Meena so that he could return in the future.The TV hunk added: “It’s a risk because you can’t just go up there and say, ‘I’m leaving – don't you dare kill me off’.“You’ve not got a say, you’re not the boss by any means.

BBC Director General Tim Davie has discussed how “enormous decisions” had to be made following the death of Queen Elizabeth II as he chaired a working group featuring senior broadcasting bosses. He also rejected the notion outright that there is a “major short term crisis” in terms of the number of people watching the BBC.

Emmerdale star Danny Miller opened up about his awkward moment with Liz Estensen after he reunited with her on the ITV set for the first time since he left the show.As the 50th anniversary episode fast approaches, fans of the long-standing soap can’t wait to see the return of some of their favourite characters over the years.Last month, telly bosses announced that Aaron Dingle, Diane Sugden and Tracy Metcalfe will all return to the show for a huge storyline ahead.READ MORE: Emmerdale's Mack's mystery man revealed as fans 'work out' secret hunk's identityIn the past 12 months, Aaron star Danny has left the long-standing show, won I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! and helped his wife Steph Jones to raise their newborn son Albert.After he was crowned the winner of the ITV reality show, the actor was flooded with congratulatory messages from a list of famous friends, family members and adoring fans online.But one message he shouldn’t have missed was from the queen of the Dales herself Liz after she called the actor out for ignoring her congratulatory message more than seven months later.In an exclusive interview with Daily Star and other publications, Danny was asked if he had managed to catch up with any of the other stars who are returning to the soap for the anniversary stint.It was at this point the dad-of-one confessed the awkward catch up he had with the Diane Sugden star ahead of their scenes together for the dramatic anniversary.He explained: “I was with Liz yesterday and we were having a chat in the green room and it was really nice to see her, I always got on with Liz really well.“She text me after I’m A Celebrity congratulating me but I hadn’t seen the message because I didn’t have my phone until the end of

Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon has said there “hasn’t been much change” in terms of the biggest formats in the UK over the past eight-to-nine years.

Queen Consort Camilla and Princess Beatrice have been given important new royal roles under King Charles III’s reign. Charles formally became King on September 10, just two days after Her Majesty the Queen’s passing.

censored by British broadcaster Sky, a decision Oliver slammed.During Sunday’s episode of his show — which took home the 2022 Emmy for Outstanding Variety Talk Series — the British comic didn’t pass up another opportunity to take aim at the monarchy in the form of comedy.In his monologue, Oliver blasted President Joe Biden for saying the COVID-19 pandemic was “over.”Calling Biden’s announcement “irresponsible” and “complete bulls–t,” Oliver said “you can’t just declare something and make it a reality.”“If I declared, ‘The Queen is alive,’ that doesn’t make it true. We all know she’s in the afterlife right now looking up at Diana,” he said.During an appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” last week, Oliver said it was “s–tty” to have his speech about the late Queen censored in his homeland.“All we said was that Britain is still mourning the shocking loss – right? – of a 96-year-old woman from natural causes.

EastEnders viewers were left scratching their heads as they spotted the oddest thing in a photo of Mick Carter's children.During the latest instalment of the BBC soap, Mick (Danny Dyer) proudly showed Scarlett Butcher a snap of three of his kids.But as the camera honed in on the shot – which the Queen Vic landlord had pinned to a corkboard in the kitchen – eagle-eyed fans quickly noticed that something wasn't quite right.READ MORE: Coleen Nolan slams 'ridiculous' EastEnders storyline as ex Shane Richie returnsThe cheery family photo showed Mick and Linda's (Kellie Bright) daughter Nancy and sons Lee and Johnny – but the Johnny pictured wasn't the actor Ted Reilly, who played the character more recently.It was Sam Strike, who was the original Johnny from 2013 to 2014.Fans were quick to pick up on the swap."Original Johnny," one person posted on Twitter, along with a heart emoji."The first actor who played Johnny Carter is in that photo," pointed out another.One tweeted: "Love how they use the og Johnny as their photos lmao.""When you remember Johnny Carter 2.0," said another.Another fan joked that seeing the original Johnny in pictures instead of the most recent Johnny was a little bit "awkward".Some were pleased to get a peek at the original actor.One wrote: "I love how they have Sam Strike's Johnny in the photo, the best Johnny."Sam first appeared in Walford around Christmas in 2013.For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.He was a hit with fans of the soap and was particularly praised for moving scenes which saw Johnny coming out to his family.The character waved goodbye to Albert Square close to a year later.Johnny wasn't seen again until 2016 when he

The Duke of Norfolk will have to wait a while before getting behind the wheel again.

Queen Elizabeth II‘s cherished corgis were with her to the end.

A royal comparison. Kanye West once again got candid about his split from Kim Kardashian, this time seemingly relating the situation to the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Elizabeth II's cherished corgis were with her to the end. The late monarch, who died on Sept. 8 at 96 years old, took comfort in the company of her pups -- Sandy and Muick -- as she prepared to say her final goodbyes.

Emmerdale, Coronation Street and EastEnders have had viewers hooked for decades - but do you know which soap character is disliked most by fans?A new survey by Bingo site Tombola analysed more than 109,668 tweets by viewers of three of the most watched UK soaps, to reveal which characters we have said goodbye to, who the public loved and disliked the most, as well as the most talked about soap exit.By analysing the positive vs negative sentiments of each tweet, the data has now revealed that Emmerdale icon Viv Hope has been revealed as the most disliked character across the three soaps.READ NEXT: EastEnders' iconic comebacks unveiled - from Dirty Den, Sean Slater and Kathy Beale More than 69% of tweets about Viv Hope, who died in a post office explosion in the dales in 2011, reportedly included negative sentiments.Tombola reported that "it seems her character and her exit wasn't best received."Closely behind Viv Hope was EastEnders Lucy Beale, whose exit and character received 63% of negative sentiment tweets.Despite this, her famous exit from Albert Square in the Who Killed Lucy Beale? storyline was the most talked about across the three soaps, with her exit mentioned most in viewer's tweets.Out of 18,760 tweets about the character, 495 referenced her exit storyline, with the total number of tweets making Lucy the most talked about character across EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale.Her exit also came just ahead of Peggy Mitchell's sad death, with more than 408 tweets referencing her exit from the soap.More than 6,201 tweets were also about Peggy, making her the fifth most talked about soap character behind EastEnders Ian Beale and Emmerdale's Kim Tate.Coronation Street villain Pat Phelan also took third place

EASTENDERS star Shane Richie has been spotted filming Alfie Moon's explosive soap return - and it appears he's in a spot of bother. The former Queen Vic landlord can be seen in a compromising position in images obtained by The Sun, showing him being kidnapped at gunpoint. Shane's EastEnders fan-favourite character is seen with an understandably nervous look on his face as he is approached by a balaclava-clad figure.

Rod Stewart's touching tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her devastating death.The leggy model, 51, stood at the back of the venue as she filmed her rocker beau in action as he performed in America.The Maggie May hitmaker is currently performing at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.In view of her 160,000 followers, his wife of 25 years, Penny, shared his touching tribute to the late Queen.Rod stood in the centre of the stage flanked by his backing singers and musicians.Behind Rod stood a massive screen emblazoned with two pictures of Queen Elizabeth II, one from the start of her reign and one of her ahead of her death.The royal emblem was between the two as Rod gave a moving performance dedicated to the monarch.The nation's longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II passed away aged 96 at her private royal residence in the Scottish Highlands, one of her favourite places, surrounded by close family who rushed to be at her side.The Prince of Wales is now King, having acceded to the throne immediately on the death of his mother.In a statement, the Palace said at the time: "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow."Following the news that the Queen had died, Rod took to Instagram to pay tribute to the monarch.As well as the devastating news of the Queen's death, the singer told how his family also faced their own personal tragedy.Rod told his 1.2 million followers: "It has been a devastating 48 hours."We lost my brother Don on Tuesday at 94 and today we have all lost Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at 96."The Queen has been an unwavering presence throughout my life and a great unifier.He went

Queen Elizabeth II before her death.According to a new report in The Daily Mail, Williams – who has scored countless films in a long and distinguished career, most notably Star Wars – was on a list approved by the queen to be honoured with a KBE for his role in improving UK-US relations.Also on the list, according to the report, is former Disney chief executive Robert Iger. Despite the knighthoods, the pair won’t receive the title of ‘Sir’, an honour that is reserved for British nationals.The news comes as Williams, who is also behind the film scores for Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and more, revealed that he is set to retire from scoring films after completing his work on the upcoming Indiana Jones 5.In an interview with Associated Press, Williams, 90, revealed, “At the moment I’m working on Indiana Jones 5, which Harrison Ford – who’s quite a bit younger than I am – I think has announced will be his last film.“So, I thought: If Harrison can do it, then perhaps I can, also.”AP notes that Ford has yet to make such a public statement.

She added that the fact Harry, Charles and William were “unable to have dinner together” after the death of the Queen shone a light on the “impenetrable mess” of their relationship.Further on in the piece, she praised the newly sworn-in monarch, King Charles III, as having the potential to be a fantastic ruler.However, the business mogul has said the Queen will be tough to replace.She wrote that Charles is no doubt ready for his new role.Karren quipped it was one of the “longest apprenticeships in history,” after Charles was sworn in at the age of 73.In a word of sincere advice to the new King, Karren said she wouldn’t “try too hard” if she was Charles.She explained that she held this stance because Queen Elizabeth II is “impossible to replace".The TV personality said: “Charles has spoken about knowing the time has come for him to keep his views and opinions more to himself.“He is right to aim for quiet authority.“As far as I am concerned, so far so good.The Queen is impossible to replace, so my advice would be not to try too hard.“What I think we all hope for from our King is a calm sense of purpose, values and integrity.”She went on to say that the reason the Queen was so well trusted by the nation was because she always had our “best interests at heart”.Karren clarified that should the new king be able to achieve the same thing, he has the “best chance of uniting the nation”.The Apprentice judge shared her condolences following the Queen’s death.Via her Twitter account, she described the Queen as "simply incredible — inspirational, funny, kind, interesting and interested".

would have been thrilled to see and recent at Windsor Castle.Royal historian Robert Hardman, author of , recently told that the Queen maintained her with the Duke of Sussex despite his physical and emotional distance from the rest of the royal family. "The Queen adored Harry right to the end, and Harry adored her," Hardman told People.

Prince Harry is reportedly eager to change his tell-all memoir and is "desperately" trying to make last-minute changes due to fears some revelations may look "not look so good" so soon after the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The Duke of Sussex, 37, was set to release his book at some point in 2022 and is reported to have already received half of the £35million deal for the memoir. However, its release could now be delayed with Harry throwing "a spanner in the works" in light of his grandmother's funeral and King Charles III ascending to the throne.