HOC Speaker announcing the Queen's health has deteriorated.

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I'm not really a Royalist, but this is sad news. The fact it has been announced in the HOC makes me think she must be really quite unwell.

She is just such a constant, a link to a world that no longer exists. A person that actually believes in duty to the country.

Exactly, when my MIL passed it was almost a week from when it was felt necessary to call everyone to her bedside and when she eventually passed. The BBC must know this is the way of things which does make me wonder whether they have been briefed that it is likely to be much quicker than that (if it has not happened already).

It is just rolling news, no real updates other than well-wishing messages from leading politicians, clerics and other heads of state.

"They could have asked for family to go the Balmoral, and then say she's unwell and doctors are looking after her."

The media trail after the RF to the extent that it wouldn't have remained private.

RF can't win - they are criticised for not being open and criticised for revealing too much.

Similarly if the BBC trotted out the usual afternoon programming they'd be criticised for not being sufficiently respectful.

It’s disgusting how some parts of the left simply can’t help themselves. Vile.

Not that I've heard. Although Anne is thought to be staying at Balmoral so it wouldn't have looked unusual for Peter or Zara to arrive at any point before the press got there.

So very sad and I'm no Royalist but she has been a constant. Don't think we will ever see her like again.

Noticed the plane on flight radar. It's not far off Aberdeen. The news don't seem to know who's on it

There’s already the ‘my friend works in the financial sector in London and says she died at 2.30pm’

I think it may be true that’s she has gone, but these messages remind me of ‘my friends brother is in the army and let me know there’s a top secret plan to put martial law into place tonight at 8pm’ when actually it was just an easily predictable lock down coming, at the beginning of covid.

Security means they won't give exact details. They're just saying 7 members of the Royal household.

You don't have to be left wing to think that Boris is a numpty.

RHS Wisley Garden booted everyone out and closed for the rest of the day when Prince Philip died. It was during lockdown and people had had tickets booked for ages and traveled only to get rounded up by staff and thrown out!

If she has already died, I think they’d wait for George and Charlotte to get home from school and be with their mum before announcing it.

BBC news just saying that Catherine won't have joined as the children have just started their school so it "wouldn't be a good time".

I don't think the BBC news presenter (Huw Edwards?) knows anything. They're just filling in with waffle and speculation.

I not watching the news, I'm just reading here and letting you all filter the waffle. Thanks!

Is there a reason why the news programs aren't showing much footage from the studios?

I've looked at BBC, Sky and GB news and they're all either showing footage of Balmoral or the planes or photos of the Queen, barely anything of the news reporters at their desks, even when they have guests speaking.

The news coverage is bizarre - although expected. BBC were just showing the same shot of the airport for ages with waffle over the top. I've turned it off as it feels a bit mawkish? Basically waiting for an announcement that she has died...I don't know, it made me feel weird, no judgement to anyone else watching.

I'm sad as the Queen always seemed like such a character within the restraints of her role - she always managed to have a twinkle about her.

Gives it more gravitas when they do break the news from the studio.

The yellow man on Google street view is now a little queen.

Basically waiting for an announcement that she has died...I don't know, it made me feel weird, no judgement to anyone else watching.

Yes, I thought “why am I watching a plane land and trying to work out who might be on it?”. When the answer is “people who have lost, or are about to lose, someone of huge significance to them personally “
I think I might wait until the 6 o clock News.

I'm watching the cycling on ITV4. A few minutes ago it went off and the screen went black so I thought it was the announcement but actually they'd just lost contact with their outside broadcast because of a storm.
I'm not watching the news. I had a quick look but there's nothing for them to say really and I think continuous coverage is a bit ghoulish to be honest.

Going to rolling news coverage suggests this is only going to go one way.

Whether that means (to use the words from 1936) that a life is drawing peacefully to its close - in which case we just have to wait - or it might be the case that closure has happened, but the family want a short window of privacy and there'll be an announcement in a couple of hours

I was born in the early 50's. I'm absolutely saddened by the thought the Queen will soon be gone. I emigrated almost 50 years ago and the Queen is the last link I have to much a different world.

When I was a little girl in England, I asked my mum why we had to have such good table manners and my mum told me because one day I might have tea with the Queen, who had impeccable manners.

She would have preferred a much different life, but she didn't have a choice in the matter. She went above and beyond the call of duty.

Latest bbc news update on fb has black background instead of red.

Sheep being delivered to Balmoral?