Axed: Lorraine was pulled from the schedule
(Picture: ITV)ITV has cancelled Loose Women and Lorraine on Monday following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
The broadcaster continues to make changes to its schedule to focus on the state events of the coming days, which will culminate in the historic state funeral on Monday, September 19.
Lorraine has been dropped from the schedule to make room for a four-hour-long Good Morning Britain fronted by Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard.
The morning stalwart will be followed by an ITV News Special, The King’s Tour – Westminster, at 10am.
Following that at 11am, there will be a special episode of This Morning presented by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, featuring stories and memories from people who met and encountered The Queen during her reign.
The show will run for two hours and will be followed by a second ITV News Special, Queen Elizabeth II: Lying At Rest, which will continue throughout the afternoon until 4.30pm, meaning Loose Women is also cancelled.
However, ITV will be reintroducing some of its usual programming from 4.30pm where viewers can watch Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals and The Chase at 5pm.
Before the schedule returns to Regional News at 6pm and an extended ITV Evening News at 6.30pm which will run through until 8pm.
From 8pm, soap fans can catch up with Coronation Street, airing an episode originally scheduled for Friday, 9 September, and The Suspect at 9pm.
There is an extended ITV News At Ten and then at 11pm another chance to see the documentary narrated by Mary Nightingale, Queen Elizabeth II looking at the life of the Queen with interviews with relatives and commentators.
ITV is reintroducing some of its normal programming over the next few days to provide viewers with the range of shows that they expect to see on the main ITV channel.
They will also be showing a number of documentaries about the Queen and the new King over the coming days.
Commercial breaks will begin to appear in normal programming only but there will be no advertising during any of the royal coverage or commentary.
The Queen passed away peacefully on Thursday at Balmoral Castle in Scotland aged 96.
Her Majesty’s oak coffin was seen in public for the first time at 10am Sunday as it began its six-hour trip from the Queen’s summer sanctuary in the Highlands to Edinburgh, draped with the Royal Standard of Scotland with a wreath of Balmoral flowers on top.
It was carried to the hearse by six Balmoral estate gamekeepers tasked with the symbolic gesture after it had been at rest in the ballroom so the Queen’s estate workers could say their goodbyes.
Along the 180-mile route, crowds broke into applause after the cortege passed.
Her body lay at rest in the royal residence overnight, before being taken to St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh for a service of prayer and reflection on Monday.
Members of the public will also get the chance to see her coffin there, before it it is taken to Edinburgh Airport for the journey down to London.
