In an increasingly surprising story in the UK, a campaign to remove two star TV presenters from their morning show has now reached almost 30,000 signatures. Their alleged crime? Jumping the queue to see the late Queen.
18.09.2022 - 23:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Shoppers are complaining that supermarkets have been rammed due to people rushing to them ahead of tomorrow's closures.
All major UK supermarkets are set to be shut for the day due to the Queen's funeral. Several people in Greater Manchester took to social media to talk about huge queues this afternoon (Sunday September 18) and accuse people of 'panic buying', with others likening the scenes to Christmas Eve.
One tweeter described Tesco Stretford as 'pure chaos', while a shopper in Tesco Prestwich said that customers were "queuing round the shop for the tills".
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@milljay9 tweeted: "Just been to @asda for a few bits and couldn't believe the amount of panic buying going on its shut for a day ffs people need to get a grip."
@PrestwichBlue wrote: "In Tesco and it's worse than Xmas. Queuing round the shop for the tills."
@BListAtCapital added: "You’d think all the shops were closing for a week and not just 24hrs judging by the state of Aldi at the moment. It’s giving last minute Christmas Eve trolley dash."
@Tess_invests commented: "With shops closing for an entire day tomorrow, there are absolute SCENES in Aldi (queue akin to Christmas Eve). Give me back those lockdown days of 6 people in a shop at any one time, when even members of the same household were parted."
@sammo1789 said: "Royal funeral panic buying shouldn't have surprised me, but Tesco Stretford is pure chaos."
Meanwhile, @DaveZ_uk poked fun at Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, who were slammed for 'jumping the queue' to see the Queen lying in state. He tweeted: "The supermarket is only closed for one day folks. Queuing the entire aisle on every
In an increasingly surprising story in the UK, a campaign to remove two star TV presenters from their morning show has now reached almost 30,000 signatures. Their alleged crime? Jumping the queue to see the late Queen.
Susanna Reid has explained why she and co-host Ben Shephard were still wearing dark clothes on Tuesday's Good Morning Britain following the Queen's funeral on Monday.The late Queen completed her final journey and reunited with her beloved Prince Philip at St. George's Chapel in Windsor on Monday 19 September.
Good Morning Britain's Susanna Reid has seemingly taken a swipe at This Morning presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby by describing what a privilege it was to queue up with everyone else and pay her respects to the Queen.The TV host, 51, and her 81 year old mother queued for more than seven hours to file past the coffin of Her Majesty who had been Lying-in-State ahead of her funeral today (September 19). However, ITV colleagues, This Morning presenters Phil, 60, and Holly, 41, have faced backlash after they were spotted walking past queuing mourners inside Westminster Hall and paying their respects in a different line to the public.
In further evidence that the UK has had a very unusual media week, two high-profile British TV presenters have been forced to defend themselves, after receiving a huge backlash from other mourners and commentators on social media for appearing to jump the queue at Queen Elizabeth II’s lying in state.
Manchester Evening News readers have hit out at This Morning presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield after they were recorded allegedly 'jumping the queue' to see the Queen lying in state. The hosting duo were seen filing past Queen Elizabeth II's coffin on Friday (September 16).
Dan Walker has come to David Beckham’s defence after someone claimed the footballing star went to visit the Queen Lying-in-State for “exposure”. David, 47, hit headlines today after he was spotted in the queue with thousands of other people who were also wanting to see the Queen’s coffin.The former Manchester United star started queuing at 2am, and eventually got round to seeing the late monarch 14 hours later. As he finally made his way into Westminster Hall – where the Queen will remain until her funeral on Monday, 19 September – the dad-of-four was overcome with emotion.
David Beckham couldn't hide his emotions as he finally filed past the Queen's coffin to pay his respects to the late monarch. The former Manchester United and England star joined the hundreds of thousands of other mourners who have queued to pay their last tributes to Queen Elizabeth II.
BBC broadcasters including Sian Williams, Charlie Stayt, Susanna Reid and Naga Munchetty were among those celebrating the life and legacy of Bill Turnbull at his funeral.
David Beckham was spotted joining the public in the infamous queue to see Her Majesty's coffin at Westminster Hall on Friday.MORE: Who will attend the Queen's funeral - see namesCaptured by countless fans joining the thousands of members of the public as they queued through London, the former footballer, 47, was seen donning a flat cap for the occasion.WATCH: David Beckham reveals heartfelt reason why he joined the queue to see the Queen's coffinOne Twitter user caught a glimpse of the doting father and penned: "Oooh and DAVID BECKHAM is just a few lines behind us in the snake. It’s causing quite the stir.READ: King Charles' sweet gesture to sons Prince William and Prince Harry as he is proclaimed KingSEE: Queen Elizabeth II's loving message to son Charles revealed"The Queue is now full of people trying to photograph David Beckham and forgetting to actually move onwards.
David Beckham has joined the thousands of people who are queuing to pay their final respects to the Queen as she lies in state. The former Manchester United and England star has been spotted joining fellow well-wishers as they make their way into Westminster Hall where the late monarch arrived on Wednesday.
Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield looked emotional as they made their way through Westminster Hall to seen the Queen lie in state.
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.