Coleen Nolan told her Loose Women colleagues that she 'broke down' while watching the Queen's funeral, due to one really sad moment involving King Charles III.
Like many TV shows on Tuesday, the ITV lunchtime programme started with a look back at Monday's sad events when the nation and the Royal family said goodbye to a much loved monarch, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Loose Women host Charlene White was on the ITV broadcast team for the channel's funeral coverage and spoke out how moving she'd found it, as well as praising the scale, tradition and professionalism of how things were carried out.
Long-time panellist Coleen, like many other Brits, watched live coverage of the Queen's funeral at home with her family and said she managed to hold it together until she saw the look on Charles' face as the congregation at Westminster Abbey joined together to sing the National Anthem, having sang God Save The Queen, in honour of his late mum, for seven decades. While many of those there, including Queen Consort Camilla sang God Save The King, you could definitely hear 'the Queen' version being sung by others.
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Discussing how she felt watching the service, Coleen said: "Everything was just bringing out emotions and when I was watching it I was thinking what an incredible, incredible thing to be a part of and watch. I didn't cry at any of this point, but when I watched the service and they stood up and sang God Save The Queen with this incredible choir and this incredible orchestra and all of that, I absolutely broke down."
Explaining why she thought she became so emotional at that particular moment, Coleen added: "I think it's because they showed a picture of King Charles and he looked absolutely devastated. There was a tear in his eye, he looked like he really wanted to cry. It just...it's those moments when you think that's a family. Imagine having to do that with a relative in front of billions of people and you can't show any of your emotions really."
She added: "They'd been doing it all week and then this was the final bit and it was just amazing and then seeing them going past Buckingham Palace and all the staff. You forget about the chefs and everyone and then Emma the pony and the two corgis broke my heart. It was an emotional day but beautifully, beautifully done."
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