WWE legend The Rock pays emotional tribute to the Queen on 'one hell of a Thursday'

The Queen’s coffin will stay overnight in a room at Buckingham Palace where the monarch dined with foreign royalty and met Premier League footballers.The Bow Room has played host to a number of high-profile figures, including King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, former US president George Bush, and representatives of the Arsenal football team. More than 30 members of the royal family held a private 100th birthday lunch in the Bow Room for the Queen Mother in 2000.

Center Parcs has announced it will order holidaymakers to leave its UK sites on the day of the Queen’s funeral.The company is being inundated with complaints after it revealed that its five parks will close for 24 hours from 10 am on Monday. Guests midway through seven-day holidays – which generally cost more than £1,000 for a family of four at this time of year – will be forced to spend the night elsewhere or go home early.Those due to arrive on Monday for shorter stays are being given the opportunity to begin their breaks a day later.

Strictly Come Dancing viewers have taken to social media to express their sadness at the news of the show's return being postponed. Earlier today, Tuesday 13 September, it was revealed that the well-loved BBC programme will launch a week late on Friday 23 September.The dancing competition was expected to return to our screens this weekend.The decision was made to pull the show from its scheduled time-slot as the country continues to mourn its longest-serving monarch. The Queen’s funeral is set to take place next Monday and the sad day will be a bank holiday for British people, with many retailers closing their doors out of respect.

Princess Anne opted to wear her most precious jewel gifted to her by her late parents, Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Philip.The Princess Royal, alongside other members of the Royal Family, has spent the last few sombre days by the Queen’s coffin since her death on Thursday 8 September.Today, the 72 year old, complemented her black attire with her favourite Grima pearl earrings presented to her as a gift from her parents in the 1960s. She was also spotted wearing them at her father's funeral in 2021 and has chosen to sport them again in another sentimental tribute to her loving parents. The staple piece has been a go-to for Princess Royal for more than 50 years but it's not just for sad occasions.

Piers Morgan, 57, has claimed Prince Harry, 37, would effectively be betraying the trust of his grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, should he release his “salacious” new book. The TalkTV presenter has claimed the book, which the Duke of Sussex has jointly written with Meghan Markle, would “rip into the Royals".He fumed: "If Harry goes ahead with this horribly ill-advised book, he will betray his pledge to his grandmother.”The book, with a prospective release date of November, according to the Duke of Sussex, will be a “first hand” account of his life. Piers, in a recent column for the New York Post written following The Queen’s death, slammed the forthcoming book in scathing terms. "He’s written a supposed 'tell-all' book due to be published later this year or early next. “He will reportedly rip into the royals yet again in what Harry says will be a 'first-hand account of my life that’s accurate and wholly truthful'."Is that the same kind of 'accurate and wholly truthful' garbage that he and Meghan spewed to Oprah, much of which has since been proved to be utter nonsense?" Piers questioned.Piers added that one of King Charles III’s aides told him that the palace was dreading the release of the new tell-all. In the column, Piers said they fear it will “drip” with poisonous new allegations about the Royal Family. “Any such attack, coming from the new monarch’s own son, will thus be devastating," Piers insisted.In March 2021, Piers said farewell to Good Morning Britain over an argument about Prince Harry's wife Meghan. The presenter had worked there for six years.However, he was forced to leave after thousands of complaints about his controversial views on Meghan, implying she had lied about her confessions during the

Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton, the new Princess of Wales, reunited with their estranged relatives Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as Her Majesty the Queen’s coffin finished its final journey to her home of Buckingham Palace.Today marks the first time the late Queen’s coffin has been on English soil since her passing on Thursday 8 September.The 96 year old monarch passed away peacefully at her Balmoral Estate, Scotland, before being taken to Holyroodhouse.The monarch was then transported to St Giles’ Cathedral where she laid in state for 24 hours for members of the public to pay their respects. From there, Her Majesty was taken to London today, Tuesday 13 September.The Queen was accompanied by her daughter Princess Anne, who said it was an “honour and a privilege” to escort her mother’s coffin.

Billie Shepherd shared her son Arthur’s reaction to the news of the Queen’s death. Her Majesty passed away at the age of 96 on Thursday 8 September after 70 years on the throne. Discussing the moment she told her five year old son, Billie, who is currently pregnant with her third child, described Arthur’s response as “quite sweet”.

Many of the UK’s cinemas will close on the day of the Queen’s state funeral – while others will remain open to screen the event for free, they have said. Major chains including Cineworld, Odeon and Showcase will shut their sites on 19 September in a mark of respect.

Several cinema venues across the UK will be screening the Queen's funeral procession on Monday September 19, while others are to remain shut.

“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.

passed away on Sept. 8 at the age of 96 after seven decades of service to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.The ink showed a corgi, the blue duffle coat-donning teddy and the back of Elizabeth in a turquoise dress with the words, “Well that’s that done, tea?” drawn by illustrator Eleanor Tomlinson.A tattoo artist named Jon discussed the permanent illustration and how a client brought in the design for him to draw.“It’s very common in this industry to have requests for tribute tattoos after a well-known person passes away,” he told the Mirror.“I normally shy away from them because I don’t like to make money off other people’s misfortune.

late queen — who died last week at 96 — had an obsession with not only her corgis but was also a secret gamer.The monarch shared a love of the Nintendo Wii with her grandson Prince William, sources told the Mirror, and was gifted the gold Nintendo game console to commemorate it.Palace sources said the queen especially took a shine to the bowling game on the popular console after seeing William playing it after lunch at Sandringham House.“She thought the Nintendo looked tremendous fun and begged to join in,” the source recalled. “She played a simple 10-pin bowling game and by all accounts was a natural.

Mike Tindall has cancelled the new season launch of his podcast The Good, the Bad and the Rugby, following the Queen’s death on Thursday 8 September. The 43 year old has followed in the footsteps of Meghan Markle, as she has paused her new Spotify podcast Archetypes for the duration of the mourning period for the Queen. The cancellation of the podcast was announced on the audio series’ official Instagram page.

King Charles III has pledged to “seek the welfare” for all Northern Ireland’s people and described how his family have felt their “sorrows” as he praised his mother’s relationship with Northern Ireland. Speaking at Hillsborough Castle in Co Down, the royal residence in Northern Ireland, the new monarch said the late Queen Elizabeth II was aware of her position in bringing together divided communities “whom history had separated.” Stormont Assembly speaker Alex Maskey gave the new monarch a message of condolence, on the death of his mother, on behalf of the people of Northern Ireland.

Camilla paid a touching tribute to Queen Elizabeth II during the vigil in Edinburgh, and chose a specific piece of jewellery for the occasion.The new Queen Consort decided to wear a diamond thistle brooch on her black coatdress as she joined other members of the Royal Family at the cathedral, where members of the public later came to see Queen Elizabeth's coffin. The glittering piece had previously been given to her by her late mother-in-law as a gift.The brooch had reportedly belonged to the Queen's mother who often used to wear it on her hat during formal visits.

This year’s Strictly Come Dancing launch show has officially been postponed following The Queen’s death. The highly anticipated launch show for the BBC One show's 20th series was due to take place on Saturday 17 September and would have been the first time this year’s dancing couples were revealed to the public.

Queen Elizabeth II's funeral will take place on Monday 19 September at Westminster Abbey nine days after Her Majesty passed away at age 96 at Balmoral Castle on Thursday 8 September. Shortly after her passing, the Royal Family released a statement announcing the plans for her upcoming state funeral and King Charles III confirmed that the day will be a Bank Holiday in the UK.

death at 96 last week.Mary Reynolds — who has been impersonating the Queen since 1988 — was told that she bore a striking resemblance to the late monarch since the age of 17Mary Reynolds — who has been impersonating the Queen since 1988 — was told that she bore a striking resemblance to the late monarch since the age of 17.“It’s been a great privilege to look like her because I think she’s so incredible,” Reynolds told Newsweek. “I mean, it’s a change of an era now, it’s all going to be very weird.”“It’s been a great privilege to look like her because I think she’s so incredible,” says Reynolds.

HBO broadcast of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, which aired on Sunday night (September 11), the presenter opened with a joke about the President of Chile before turning his attention to the Queen.“We need to start with the UK, which is clearly still reeling from the shocking death of a 96-year-old woman from natural causes,” he said, which was followed by laughter from the studio audience.Oliver continued: “It is a big moment which for some reason absolutely everyone felt that they had to weigh in on, from 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 UK, 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.’“Which I guess is nice although if the world is mourning they should maybe tell the US Domino’s account whose most recent tweet as of this taping is ‘if ur reading this it means u need pizza like to confirm.,” he said.