As mourners gathered at Balmoral Castle to say a final farewell to The Queen today, it was one young Scots girl's sweet tribute to Her Majesty that captured the hearts of the nation.
10.09.2022 - 18:49 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Wayne Lineker put on a bizarre tribute to the Queen featuring a parade of scantily-dressed woman in military-style outfits. On Thursday Buckingham Palace announced that Elizabeth II had died at the age of 96.
The nation has since gone into mourning as politicians and celebrities across the world remember the monarch who served for 70 years. One tribute hosted by businessman Wayne and his co-owners at O Beach Ibiza stood out.
A video of the moment shared on Twitter shows a line of lingerie-clad women marching through a packed crowd onto a stage. Their outfits, with bearskin hats, bikini tops decorated with pretend medals and red jackets, appear to mimic the uniforms worn by the King's Guard regiment.
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After making their way to the stage to join Wayne and his friend, the women stood to attention while an address was made to the crowd. Wayne's co-owner told revellers: "Are you all having a great day? We're all having an amazing day today. But, myself and Wayne and other business partners are all British businessmen and we could not let this day go by without speaking about yesterday's events in the UK.
He added: "I think the majority of this crowd here today are from the UK if I'm right, yeah. It doesn't matter if you're British, Irish, Scottish, Italian, Spanish – wherever you are in the world I think you will all appreciate that one of the greatest, iconic women who's ever lived this world left our planet yesterday. Lets hear it for Queen Elizabeth II!"
The crowd then cheered before they were shown a giant inflatable London bus and a Mary Poppins suspended in the air. The line up of women then saluted while the national anthem
As mourners gathered at Balmoral Castle to say a final farewell to The Queen today, it was one young Scots girl's sweet tribute to Her Majesty that captured the hearts of the nation.
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Queen died aged 96 on Thursday (September 8) at her Balmoral estate in Scotland, bringing an end to her 70-year reign.In a statement to the Press Association, Attenborough, who was knighted by the Queen in 1985, said: “If there was a technical hitch, she wanted to know what it was, and if it had a funny side, she was quick to see the joke.“Yet not for one second could you forget that you were in the presence of someone who had willingly accepted enormous responsibility and dedicated her life to serving the nation – that you were, in short, in the presence of royalty.“The whole nation is bereaved.”Attenborough previously worked with the monarch on 2018 documentary The Queen’s Green Planet about her work on the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy project, which aims to create a global network of protected forests in each of the 53 Commonwealth countries.The broadcaster also helped produce the Queen’s Christmas messages throughout the 1980s and 1990s.Speaking to ITV News, Attenborough added: “She was an expert at getting people to relax.
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Queen Elizabeth II has died at Balmoral today, aged 96, leaving the country in mourning. She was the UK's longest-serving monarch after reigning for 70 years.