Sky News branded 'disgraceful' as it mistakes racial equality march for tribute to Queen

David Beckham has joined thousands of mourners queuing to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth. The former England football captain joined the queue in London to see the coffin of the late British monarch, who is lying in state in Westminster Hall, at around 2am on Friday morning (16. 09.

DAVID Beckham turned down the chance to jump the huge queues in London today to file past the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II. The former footballer, 47,  instead opted to wait patiently with the tens of thousands of people snaking towards Westminster Hall – for 13 hours. A source said:  “David was offered a queue jump hall pass - and the opportunity to go in with an MP - but turned it down to queue.

K.J. Yossman David Beckham, Sharon Osbourne and “Good Morning Britain” anchor Susanna Reid are among the hundreds of thousands of mourners who have spent hours queuing for a chance to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II while she lies in state ahead of her funeral on Monday (Sept. 19). Beckham told Sky News – who caught up with him while he was still waiting in line – that he had joined the queue at 2am on Friday morning. “Well we all want to celebrate our Queen, Her Majesty,” he told the camera crew as the line inched forward. Later that day, at around 3pm, the BBC’s livestream of the lying in state showed Beckham, dressed in a black suit and tie, finally entering Westminster Hall. As the soccer star approached the Queen’s coffin, which is sat on a catafalque draped in the Royal Standard flag and the Imperial State Crown, he stopped and bent his head, pausing for a moment before following the others mourners out.

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

David Beckham joined thousands of well-wishers queuing to say a final farewell to the Queen on Friday.

Holly Willoughby appeared filled with emotion as she joined Phillip Schofield to see the Queen lie in state. Queen Elizabeth II spent her first full day lying in state on Thursday (September 15) after the public were allowed to start paying their respects to the late monarch from 5pm on Wednesday.

Sophie, the Countess of Wessex shared a sweet exchange with a boy paying respects to Queen Elizabeth II. The 57-year-old royal hugged Josh, a young boy who offered her a teddy bear as they mourned the passing of the 96-year-old monarch - who passed away after more than 70 years on the throne - in St Anne’s Square in Manchester on Thursday (15. 09.

Prince William gave an emotional speech to mourners on Thursday, opening up about just how painful it was walking behind the coffin of his grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, in the funeral procession. In video captured by Sky News, the new Prince of Wales talked to the crowd during a walkabout in Sandringham, where he and wife Kate Middleton perused tributes left in Queen Elizabeth's honor.  Prince William and Prince Harry walked side by side during the queen's funeral procession.

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.

during the national period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II.Yesterday (September 12) a 22-year-old man was arrested in Edinburgh after heckling the late Queen’s son, the Duke of York, as he walked behind her coffin.Police Scotland said that the man, who was caught on camera shouting “You’re a sick old man” at Prince Andrew was detained “in connection with a breach of the peace on the Royal Mile”. He has since been charged.At the weekend (Sunday September 11), Police Scotland also arrested a 22-year-old woman who held a sign up that read “Fuck imperialism, abolish monarchy” ahead of the accession proclamation of King Charles III.

A funeral procession for the Queen turned ugly when a heckler in the audience directed some choice insults toward Prince Andrew.

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.

The Queen was so furious over claims she was delighted when Scotland voted against independence that she said PM David Cameron should get “six of the best”.

Stormzy put in an appearance at the Chris Kaba march on Saturday to show solidarity.The musician, 29, was one of thousands of protestors taking to the streets in London, demanding justice following the death of 24-year-old Kaba earlier this week.Kaba was fatally shot by a Metropolitan Police officer after a single bullet was fired during an attempted arrest in south London.Soon after the tragic incident, an investigation started with a spokesperson for the Met Police confirming a homicide probe had been launched, an offence which covers both murder and manslaughter.Kaba’s family were left ‘devastated’ after his death and an outpouring of anger in his community followed. His family believes he may still have been alive had he have been white.Subsequently, they organised a march to take place on Saturday, with crowds heading to Scotland Yard on September 10, beginning at Parliament Square at 12pm.To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoIn a video shared to Twitter, Vossi Bop hitmaker Stormzy was giving a speech to the group, with hundreds gathered around the platform he was standing on, listening intently.‘I was very hesitant to come up here because I know, a lot of the time, even with my name, they try and turn it into this other thing and use my name to try and make it about me, but it’s nothing about me,’ he began, speaking into a microphone.‘It’s about us, it’s about the family, it’s about everyone grieving.

Stormzy addressed the crowd at a London march protesting the killing of Chris Kaba today (September 10), urging them to “keep going”.Kaba, 24, was shot dead by a Metropolitan Police officer on Monday (September 5) after the car he was in was flagged by an automatic number plate as potentially being linked to a firearms offence.A police chase followed, and armed police surrounded the vehicle in a narrow street. Kaba was killed by a single gunshot wound, although a search later revealed he was not armed.

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.

The Queen was described as “very happy” earlier this week when she met with new Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral according to the photographer who has shared the story of the last picture of the late monarch. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 on Thursday at her Scottish home of Balmoral but she was said to have been in good spirits just two days earlier when she greeted the new Prime Minister.

Naman Ramachandran In the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, the U.K. has postponed several scheduled events as a mark of respect. Sky has postponed the scheduled launch of Michael Winterbottom’s Boris Johnson drama “This England,” starring Kenneth Branagh, from Sept. 21 to until after the official period of mourning, to Sept. 28. The Premier League has postponed this weekend and Monday evening’s soccer games. The FA has confirmed that soccer fixtures across the Barclays Women’s Super League, Barclays Women’s Championship, the Vitality Women’s FA Cup, and the Isuzu FA Trophy, will be postponed this weekend and that all soccer fixtures across the National League System, Steps 1-6, including the Vanarama National Leagues, the Women’s Football Pyramid, Tiers 3-7, and matches across grassroots soccer in England will be postponed.