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      Celtic fans display anti-Royal Family banner and chant through minute’s applause one day before Queen’s funeral

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      CELTIC fans mocked the death of the Queen with a disgraceful banner ahead of today’s Scottish Premiership clash with St Mirren.Yesterday, the Saints revealed that they would hold a minute’s applause in honour of Queen Elizabeth II ahead of the match at St Mirren Park.
      Both teams observed the tributesCredit: PA
      Celtic fans displayed an anti-monarchy bannerCredit: Alamy
      The club urged fans to be respectful of the gesture, but a group of Celtic supporters were quick to disturb and continued to chant throughout.
      Loud boos were heard amongst the applause and it was clear that many weren’t interested in paying their respects to the Queen, who passed away last Thursday.
      They chanted “If you hate the royal family clap your hands” during the applause and when the match kicked off, as a banner telling other supporters to join in was seen in the Celtic crowd.
      The incident sparked an apology from Sky as commentator Ian Crocker said: “Apologies if you were offended by anything you might have heard. Most showed respect, some did not.”
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      Before the game, Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou asked fans to show respect during the applause.
      He said: “There’s a minute’s applause (on Sunday), we will abide by whatever obligations and responsibilities we have as a football club. We will do that in a respectful manner. We want our supporters to do the same.”
      St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson also urged crowds to respect the tribute.
      He said: “I don’t make those decisions on how we show our respect. It’s hard enough picking a team.
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      “But if that’s what it is – a minute’s applause – then obviously we will respect that as much as we can as well.
      “I can only speak for myself and for St Mirren. As a football club we will show our utmost respect, I personally will show my utmost respect.
      “You hope that people have that respect during the game because someone has died.
      “No matter what your beliefs are, I think it’s important that society respects that.”
      Celtic went on to lose the game 2-0, but Postecoglou’s side still sit at the top of the table.
      Hoops fans displayed an anti-monarchy banner during the club’s midweek Champions League clash with Shakhtar Donetsk.
      Some Dundee United and Hibernian fans were also guilty of singing a vile chant about The Queen during tributes.
      The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will take place tomorrow.
      Two million mourners are expected to take to London for the historic event. More

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      I will miss our horse racing loving Queen… I have met Royals over the years including over dinner, says Harry Redknapp

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      THE death of Queen Elizabeth touches us all in many ways.Memories of our own lives go hand-in-hand with hers because her reign was so long.
      The Queen was a keen fan of horse racingCredit: Getty
      Redknapp has had a number of encounters with the Royal Family over the yearsCredit: Louis Wood News Group Newspaper Ltd
      I remember the street parties for the Coronation in 1953. London’s East End was still recovering from the ravages of World War Two.
      Rationing had been a huge part of my childhood. The taste of the jam sandwiches we had that day still lingers. To us kids in Poplar, it felt like we were in heaven.
      My wife Sandra and I shall be watching the funeral on Monday with a heavy touch of sadness. We are royalists and believe in the monarchy.
      Throughout my working life in football, I have been fortunate enough to meet quite a number of our Royal Family.
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      As manager of West Ham, Prince Harry and Prince William came to Upton Park as kids to watch us play Arsenal.
      My memories are fuzzy but I think we tried to stage a late comeback for the boys — but believe we lost. Then again, Arsenal were untouchable in those days.
      It’s an honour to have made the acquaintance of Prince Charles through the Prince’s Trust, Camilla too. I also met Princess Anne as a part of her valuable work with the disabled.
      When you work in top-level football it can lead to occasions like that, rubbing shoulders with royals. And I found them all extremely charming.
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      The Queen will always be remembered for her passion for horse racing. That was her sport.
      It remains mine too. And it led to some surprise consequences when I spent time in the company of Princess Beatrice, Prince Andrew’s elder daughter.
      At the time I was manager of Queens Park Rangers. One night I was staying in London at a hotel and my son Jamie called to ask if I fancied joining him and a few of his pals for dinner.
      I joined the crowd at the table and it was a lovely evening. A young lady was sitting next to me and she struck up a conversation.
      She mentioned my well-known passion for horse racing, so of course I went off on one — like a thoroughbred out of the stalls.
      I told her all about my upbringing, how my nan was a bookie’s runner back in the old days.
      At the time, gambling was illegal other than at a racecourse. But my nan Maggie Brown collected scraps of paper from all the other old ladies on the estate, with their wagers scribbled down. The papers were folded up and my nan would drop them into Cyril the paper boy’s bag.
      I say boy, he was about sixty! He used to walk the streets calling out, ‘Star, News And Standard’ to sell copies.
      Cyril wore a shirt and a tie and always had immaculately polished black shoes. Anyway, I hope you can picture the scene.
      From time to time the police would have to do their duty and my nan would get arrested.
      Every so often she was carted off in a Black Maria — a police van.
      At Poplar nick she would get a slap on the wrist and then be released to come straight back out on the streets and resume her little sideline.
      So I was telling all my shady family secrets to this young girl and she said, ‘Oh, my grandmother loves horse racing too’.
      She added, ‘When she won the Gold Cup a  couple of years ago, she was absolutely delighted’.
      This instantly rang alarm bells in my brain and I traced back through my increasingly suspect memory, thinking, ‘What on Earth had she meant?’
      People win ON the Gold Cup but to win THE Gold Cup is something else entirely. I sifted back through time and remembered a couple of years previously the Queen had won the Gold Cup.
      It was then that it finally dawned on me that I was sitting in a London restaurant telling tales from my murky past to a pretty senior member of our Royal Family.
      If I am honest, I still wasn’t sure what her name was or who she was directly related to, but I knew it was time to up the level of my conversation!
      So we chatted on about racing — and by now I had more of an idea that I was sitting next to a major figure of the British establishment.
      I left the young ones to it a bit later on, left the restaurant and went back to the hotel.
      The next morning Jamie rang me and said, ‘You still have no clue who that was you were talking to last night, do you?’
      Of course I knew she was a relative of the Queen — but it still needed my son to provide me with a name. I was pretty embarrassed, for sure.
      The Queen never missed Ascot, it was a huge part of her life — and it will take horse racing some time to get over her loss.
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      I feel it, like much of the country does.
      But we should maintain our traditions here in Great Britain, we have so much to be proud of. More

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      Eddie Howe wears suit to pay respects to the Queen before swift outfit change into tracksuit for Newcastle v Bournemouth

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      NEWCASTLE manager Eddie Howe paid his respects to the Queen by wearing a suit before his side hosted Bournemouth.The Toon gaffer looked smart for the minute’s silence and National Anthem in tribute to Her Majesty Elizabeth II.
      Eddie Howe wore a respect during the tributes to the QueenCredit: Reuters
      The Newcastle manager then swapped into a tracksuitCredit: Reuters
      Howe wore a black tie with a black suit and looked sombre as St. James’ Park fell silent.
      The 44-year-old then swapped into his usual Newcastle tracksuit after paying his respects.
      Speaking on the planned tributes before the game, Howe hailed the “beauty of football” for allowing fans to come together to commemorate the Queen.
      Newcastle and Bournemouth players both wore black armbands for the match, with flags at St. James’ Park flown at half-mast.
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      The big screen also displayed pictures of the Queen, and the ground rose as one for a minute’s applause on 70 minutes to mark the 70 years Her Majesty Elizabeth II was on the throne.
      Speaking on the tributes, Howe said: “I think that’s the beauty of football, in moments like this national mourning for the Queen.
      “I think the beauty of football is that we do get a chance to come together as a nation, up and down the country, and pay tribute to the fantastic life she had and what she did for our country.
      “That’s what football does best, I think.”
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      On the pitch Philip Billing poked the Cherries into a shock lead just after the hour mark.
      But Toon record signing Alexander Isak levelled things up from the spot just five minutes later to see the spoils shared.
      The Queen was also remembered on Friday night as the Premier League returned for the first time since her passing.
      A minute’s silence followed by the National Anthem was held at both Aston Villa vs Southampton and Nottingham Forest vs Fulham. More

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      Steven Gerrard dedicates Aston Villa win to Prince William after grieving Royal sent squad inspiring pre-match message

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      STEVEN GERRARD dedicated Aston Villa’s 1-0 win over Southampton to Prince William after the grieving Royal sent his team a pre-match message.Last night’s match marked the first time that Prince William’s beloved Villa have been in action since the passing of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II aged 96.
      Steven Gerrard was delighted with his side’s scrappy winCredit: Reuters
      Prince William is a huge Aston Villa fanCredit: Getty
      Following his side’s much needed win, Gerrard proudly revealed Prince William’s pre-match words of encouragement.
      Asked about the Royal after the match, the Villa boss said: “I’m sure he probably knows the result, knowing him and how much he loves this club, he’ll know the result and I’m sure he’ll be very proud of the clean sheet.
      “He messaged through the week, to the club, and I think that shows everything he thinks of this club and how much support he wants to give.
      “For us to reward that with a result and a clean sheet, I’m sure he will be extremely proud.”
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      Further quizzed about the nature of William’s message, Gerrard added: “Yeah, it was along the lines of ‘would love to be there’. But obviously everyone understands his personal situation.
      “But he is consistently in touch. He is very supportive of the boys individually, he loves them.
      “I’ve spoken to him about them all. It’s really impressive, his knowledge, and how much he is in to it.
      “It certainly took me back and surprised me. He is very much involved in Villa. For him to message in the situation he is in is really impressive.”
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      Gerrard, 42, felt touched by the pre-match atmosphere at Villa Park.
      He said: “It was a special night. Pre-game was very special, very emotional.
      “The club did an extremely good job to pay our tributes and I felt very proud of what the club put on before the game. It was special.
      “We said to the boys once that’s over it’s important we focus on our game plan and what we need to do. They did that extremely well, they were focused throughout. We managed the game extremely well.
      “We won an important game on a special night without being pretty.”
      He then added: “To sing the song, the hairs on your neck are standing up. It felt special, I felt proud. I was reminiscing about my England days – about the MBE and meeting the Queen.
      “I was going back to my personal engagements with the Royal Family. So it was very special from a personal point of view and credit to the club for putting on a wonderful show before the game. I thought it was very fitting.”
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      Tyson Fury and wife Paris in sweet tribute to The Queen as they lay flowers at the gates of Buckingham Palace

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      TYSON and Paris Fury paid tribute to The Queen this week by laying flowers at the gates of Buckingham Palace.The world was plunged into mourning last Thursday when Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II had passed away at Balmoral.
      Tyson and Paris Fury paid tribute to The Queen at Buckingham PalaceCredit: Twitter @MichaelBensonn
      The couple placed some flowers at the gatesCredit: Twitter @MichaelBensonn
      Many sporting icons have since paid tribute to Her Majesty with messages on social media.
      And Fury, 34, made the trip to London on Wednesday for the historic occasion with wife Paris, 32.
      He was pictured with Paris at Buckingham Palace, where the couple placed a card and some flowers as a special tribute to The Queen.
      The card read: “To Our Queen.
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      “Great may your bed be in Heaven.
      “Love from Tyson and Paris.”
      He then signed it off with his iconic nickname ‘The Gypsy King’.
      They had earlier shared images of themselves taking the train down from their home in Morecambe, Lancs, to the capital.
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      Tyson and Paris Fury take the train to London
      Fury is currently in talks to fight Anthony Joshua in a huge ‘Battle of Britain’ heavyweight bout.
      The fight is expected to take place at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff in December.
      A 60-40 purse split in Fury’s favour has already been agreed and both Brits are preparing to start their respective training programmes.
      Fury is also expected to take on WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk, who defeated Joshua for the second time last month. More

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      Watch Rangers players join entire Ibrox crowd to sing National Anthem after emotional minute’s silence for The Queen

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      RANGERS players joined the Ibrox crowd in an emotional rendition of the National Anthem before their match with Napoli kicked off tonight. It was revealed earlier this afternoon that Rangers were going to pay tribute to The Queen with an enormous tifo covering the entire Broomloan stand.
      Tifo unveiled in tribute to The QueenCredit: AP
      Players and spectators observe minute’s silenceCredit: Getty
      And The Union Bears delivered with a spectacular display to pay their respects to her majesty, who sadly passed away aged 96 last Thursday.
      Uefa banned UK clubs from singing the national anthem before their Champions League fixtures as they didn’t want the kick-off times delayed.
      They instead decided stadiums could take part in a minute’s silence and players would wear black armbands during the matches.
      But after Rangers were urged to defy the Uefa ban, Gio van Bronckhost’s side decided to take a stance and pay their respect to The Queen and allow the players and fans to unite in singing “God save the King” before kick-off.
      A statement from the club, posted on Twitter earlier today read: “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will be honoured this evening at Ibrox with a minute’s silence, a display created by the Union Bears, and a rendition of the Nation Anthem.
      “If you are attending tonight’s match, we encourage all supporters to be in their seat for 19:50.”
      Both marks of tribute were carried out perfectly with not a single peep heard during the minute’s silence.
      The Rangers stars then immediately joined the emotional Ibrox crowd in belting out the National Anthem once the ref blew his whistle to end the silence.
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      It was a brilliant tribute to The Queen, who was greatly admired by many sections of the Rangers support.
      Both sets of players are wearing black armbands in respect to The Queen during the Champions League fixture, as Uefa advised before this week’s round of fixtures.
      Tonight’s match was originally scheduled to take place yesterday alongside the other game between Liverpool and Ajax elsewhere in the group.
      But it was pushed back 24 hours because of the high demand of police needed for The Queen’s escort from Scotland to England yesterday.

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      Celtic fans display massive ‘f*** the crown’ banner as players wear black armbands in tribute to The Queen

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      CELTIC fans mocked the death of The Queen with two disgraceful banners at their Champions League clash with Shakhtar Donetsk. The Hoops are facing the Ukranian giants tonight in Polish capital Warsaw with the hosts unable to use their home ground for the fixture due to the Russian invasion.
      Celtic fans produce banners before Shakhtar Donetsk clash
      Celtic fans unveil “f*** the crown” banner
      It was announced before the game that there would be no minute’s silence or national anthem played before kick-off.
      Celtic players took to the field wearing black armbands in tribute to The Queen, who sadly passed away last Thursday.
      Just hours earlier the Queen’s coffin had been conveyed amid great ceremony to Westminster Hall in London, where it will lay in state until next Monday’s funeral.
      But a section of the Celtic support is well known for it’s anti-monarchy stance and they seized the opportunity in front of a massive TV audience to make their feelings known with two shocking displays.
      One simply read: “f*** the crown.”
      A second banner read: “Sorry for your loss Michael Fagan.”
      That was a swipe referring to Fagan, who broke into Buckingham Palace twice in 1982.
      The supporters were spotted on TV as the BT cameras focused in on the travelling Hoops backing.
      It sparked an apology from the commentators who were disappointed with the reception shown by the fans in their first match since The Queen’s passing.
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      BT Sport commentator Rob MacLean told viewers: “Apologies if anyone has taken offence at anything seen in the early minutes.”
      Celtic’s Old Firm rivals Rangers will produce a touching tribute before their clash with Napoli at Ibrox tonight.
      They were urged by radio pundit Simon Jordan to defy Uefa’s ban on playing the national anthem before the match tonight.
      And the club have announced that they will honour The Queen before the match and insist there will be a display and rendition of the national anthem.
      Their tweet read: “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will be honoured this evening at Ibrox with a minute’s silence, a display created by the Union Bears, and a rendition of the Nation Anthem.
      “If you are attending tonight’s match, we encourage all supporters to be in their seat for 19:50.”

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      Tyson and Paris Fury make train trip together just days after Gypsy King’s emotional tribute to the Queen

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      TYSON FURY and wife Paris posed as they took a train trip together days after making an emotional tribute to the Queen. The childhood sweethearts were all smiles on the carriage which came after Paris shared a statement from the Royal Family to her Instagram story.
      Tyson and Paris Fury take a train trip days after making an emotional tribute to the Queen
      Paris Fury paid her respect to the Queen on social media

      Around a million people are expected to flock to London to pay their respects to Her Majesty’s ahead of her funeral on Monday.
      The Furys, who started their early morning with a coffee, did not reveal where they are travelling to, despite both paying tribute to the Queen.
      After her passing was confirmed, Fury posted: “Thoughts & prayers with my Queen tonight, may God be with you.
      “RIP. may the lord god grant u a good bed in heaven.”
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      Premier League football and the all women’s boxing bill at the O2 Arena were postponed as a result.
      And Fury, 34, further paid his respect by putting talks with Anthony Joshua, 32, on hold over the weekend.
      But on Tuesday, AJ’s managment company claimed they had accepted a 60/40 split to secure a December 3 fight in Wales.
      His promoter Eddie Hearn met with Frank Warren’s son George and the pair have since been thrashing out a deal. 
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      And Warren is now in a position to send off official paperwork but warned the fight is not guaranteed until both sign on the dotted line. 
      He said on talkSPORT: “The contracts are on their way. 
      “But I’m not going into great detail about this because we saw what happened last time round with people making statements and so forth and it all fell apart.
      “This fight won’t be on until it’s signed, but everybody wants it to happen. 
      “There aren’t any obstacles in the way, so hopefully very quickly we can get it over the line, but until it’s signed, it’s not on.
      “When you’re a promoter, you’re an optimist. That’s what you do.
      “You’re in the business of trying to make events happen, so we’re all excited about it.
      “I’m excited about it as a fight because I always felt that Tyson has the beating of AJ and now we’re gonna find out if we get this over the line.” 
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