Tess Daly has paid an emotional tribute to the Queen,. recalling the time she met Her Majesty, as Strictly Come Dancing bosses have decided to postpone the new series launch show.
The BBC's schedule has been altered significantly since Queen Elizabeth II's death last Thursday, at the age of 96. The much loved monarch passed away at Balmoral in Scoitland, with her death announced to the nation at just after 6.230pm. The BBC had already changed its plans hours earlier, after news came in that the Queen was under medical supervision, with Bargain Hunt being immediately pulled and other shows like Doctors and Pointless going the same way.
Since her death, BBC One has devoted a lot of airtime to coverage of events like King Charles III's proclamation, the Queen's coffin's journey from Balmoral and Charles' visits to Scotland and Northern Irelands. Only a handful of shows have aired as normal like drama The Capture and Countryfile and Antiques Roadshow, although the later two were both specials in honour of Her Majesty.
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While ITV decided to go ahead with its talent shows The Masked Dancer and The Voice UK last weekend, the BBC has decided not to air the Strictly launch show its planned slot on Saturday, September 17. Instead the programme, which will see celebs' partnerships revealed, is set to be broadcast on Friday, September 23, just 24 hours before tis year's live shows are due to commence.
Tess will be back on hosting duties for the new series, alongside Claudia Winkleman and, before the news of Strictly being postponed was announced, she had already remembered the Queen in a touching and rather personal tribute to her.
Next to a stunning picture of the late sovereign by noted photographer Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair, Tess wrote: "Thank you for your unwavering strength, dignity and good humour; which I was once lucky enough to experience first hand. You dedicated your life to steering our nation. We will never forget.. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)."
Tess ended her well received tribute with a quote from the Queen's own Coronation speech which read: ""I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust."
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