Loose Women cancelled today in TV schedule shake-up after Queen’s death
ok.co.ukITV's popular daytime show Loose Women has been cancelled today in a TV schedule shake-up after the Queen’s death. This is to ensure the maximum coverage of the many significant events in the royal calendar since the death of the monarch, aged 96, on Thursday, 8 September.Today, Good Morning Britain aired as usual from 6am to 9am, followed by Lorraine at 9am.This Morning also aired at its usual time of 10am but will finish at an earlier time of 12pm to make way for an extended ITV News Special which will cover The King’s Tour - Northern Ireland - meaning Loose Women's usual slot at 12.30pm will not go ahead.The lunchtime news will then take place at 1.30pm with live coverage of Queen Elizabeth II - Return To The Palace scheduled for 4pm.
The Queen's coffin will be flown back to London today, accompanied by The Princess Royal, 72, and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
Once it arrives in London, it will rest overnight in the Bow Room at Buckingham Palace before being transferred to Westminster Hall where the Queen will lie-in-state from Wednesday 13 September to Monday 19 September, before her funeral takes place at 11.30am at Westminster Abbey on Monday.
This week, OK! celebrates the life of Her Majesty the Queen with a commemorative special in honour of Britain’s longest reigning monarch.
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