I’ve never been through what David and Victoria went through. I tried to put myself in David’s head. I felt at times I was going through what he went through. I wanted the audience to feel what he felt. I hope that comes through.” A source said: ‘David could have avoided all of the queuing but he wanted to be like everyone else. He said his grandad wouldn’t have [jumped the queue] so neither would he. He had been wondering all week when the best time was to go and finally he went for this morning. What Stevens didn’t realise when he took the gig was what a diverting cast of characters he had at his disposal. Not just the perma-surly Keane, but French philosopher Eric Cantona and Manc motormouth turned wannabe Labour MP Gary Neville. “I wish I could have made 20 episodes, there’s so much great stuff. I mean, some of those guys. Paul Scholes – what an absolute dude.” That is a sentence I never expected to hear.

Meghan and Kate were encouraged to dress like Diana 'so some of her shine could rub off on them', Sussex cheerleader claims in new book Dressed in a suit that hid his famous tattoos, a cap and a Covid mask, the former England captain, 47, joined mourners in the ‘Elizabeth line’ at 2am, going unnoticed by the masses for hours as he shuffled his way from Southwark Park to Westminster Hall. This day was always going to be difficult and it's difficult for the nation, it's difficult for everyone around the world, because I think everyone is feeling it and our thoughts are with the family and obviously with everybody here today. Because of the Hollywood writers’ strike, Stevens hasn’t been able to take acting gigs. Not that he hasn’t been busy. He’s beaten Hodgkin’s lymphoma, had two kids with his wife, the film-maker Alexis Bloom whom he married in 2017, and is currently executive producing her upcoming documentary about 60s It Girl Anita Pallenberg.Anybody confused by this - and who wouldn’t be? - should feel sympathy at least for the tens of thousands of people desperately trying to see the late Queen lying in state before the cut-off time of 6.30am on Monday, the day of her state funeral. This second queue - and here it gets truly surreal - spawned a third queue to reach the second queue to reach the queue. Sisters aged 15 and eight are reunited with their mother after being released from their Hamas hostage hell: Terror group free 17 more captives - but US girl, four, must now be told she's an orphan Five-car crash leaves two elderly women dead and three pensioners in hospital as 'drug driver', 51, is arrested Thug, 41, who strangled his disabled partner, 50, with a dog lead and left her body to be found two days later by her son is jailed for life

How devastated we all feel today shows what she has meant to people in this country and around the world. How much she inspired us with her leadership. David was brought up in an East End family who were real royalists – the kind who would stand to attention when the national anthem came on. He wanted to go to see the Queen like any other member of the public.’ We all want to be here together. We all want to experience something where we celebrate the amazing life of our Queen and I think something like this is meant to be shared together," he said.Antiques Roadshow guest leaves expert SPEECHLESS as he produces Dolly the cloned sheep's fleece before discovering it's HUGE value Some PBS medications are restricted and require prior approval from Medicare before a doctor is able to prescribe them on the PBS. This prior approval to prescribe grants the doctor the Authority to prescribe the desired medicine and have it funded under the PBS. A taste of freedom! Nine-year-old hostage enjoys first meal of schnitzel and mash and ice cream with his pals before the Israeli football team visit him in hospital to welcome him home after 49 days Booker Prize judges deny this year's winner was influenced by last week's riots in Dublin - as Paul Lynch's novel Prophet Song which describes police and protesters clashing in Ireland is handed the award

Moment two women at Islamic group's protest during pro-Palestine rally are arrested for holding Arabic signs that read 'How beautiful it is to be a soldier of Allah' as they tell officers not to 'take it out of context' How devastated we all feel today shows what she has meant to people in this country and around the world. How much she inspired us with her leadership. How she comforted us when times were tough.’ Wherever I went, I got abused every day,” he said. “To walk down the street and see people look at you a certain way, spit at you, abuse you, come up to your face and say some of the things that they said, that’s difficult. I wasn’t eating, I wasn’t sleeping, I was a mess.” How cooking like granny can HALVE your grocery bills! SUSANNAH JOWITT on ways to ditch food delivery apps and ready meals and feast on a diet of stews and puddings Probably the most special moment for me was when I received my OBE. I took my grandparents with me, who were the ones that really brought me up to be a huge royalist and a fan of the Royal Family, and obviously I had my wife there as well.Every time that we stood there when we wore those Three Lion shirts and I had my armband and we sang God Save The Queen, that was something that meant so much to us.