The Queen's cheeky sense of humour saved her from a potentially awkward moment with the former French president - and his wife, royal author Adam Helliker has claimed.

Michael Owen has revealed the mortifying moment he was 'b******ed' by the Queen after squeezing into a packed lift with her at Royal Ascot.

Footage from the Queen's visit to the Haig Housing development in South London reveals how Her Majesty, 93, told off a schoolboy who had given her a rousing welcome with his classmates.

Princess Anne, 69, was said to be closer to her father, but a royal expert has said that since the Queen's mother passed away in 2002 their relationship has grown.

TREVOR PHILLIPS: I believe that in the rumbling argument over Harry and Meghan's future, the monarchy has become the vehicle for a proxy war over what kind of nation Britain wants to be.

Anna Burns, 33, can only enter the Tesco Metro in Swindon town centre. She appeared in court yesterday where she was set to be sentenced for thefts from stores including Mothercare and Boots.

Several customers suffered cuts when the man, said to be in his 80s, smashed into the window of the in-store cafe at Tesco in Princess Alice Drive retail park, just before 11am on Saturday.

EXCLUSIVE: Heartbreaking footage also showed meat birds convulsing on the faeces-covered floor, with splayed legs and chemical burns at Moorah Farm in Essex, run by Hook 2 Sisters.

Karen Eaton, from Dudley, told BirminghamLive her incredible hacks on how to cut the costs of the festive feast, which include buying products like cranberry sauce months in advance.

Photos shared on social media show long lines of festive shoppers all over the country waiting to pick up their turkeys, cakes and other festive treats ahead of the big day tomorrow.

Chief executives of FTSE 100 companies earned £3.46million on average in 2018, or the equivalent of £901.30 an hour. The shocking wage disparity was revealed by an institute and a think-tank.

Anna Burns appeared at Swindon Crown Court, in Wiltshire, for another offence, and when she was bailed she walked 750 yards to a Boots shop and stole £60 of make up.

Emma and Spencer Gale, of Whitstable, Kent, live in a five-bedroom house with their ten children. The family feature on tonight's Me & My 10 Kids on 5Star, where they admit they take family life a day at a time.

Helen, 46, from Gloucestershire, revealed she is getting married to her Tesco delivery driver Chris, in tonight's episode of TLC's Curvy Brides Boutique.

The total deaths in England rose by 53 as a 41-year-old is thought to be the youngest victim in Britain since the outbreak began. The total number of confirmed cases in the UK has hit 5,018.

Thieves targeted the Tesco Extra store in Dover, Kent, yesterday at midnight. Kent Police said two vehicles were damaged as they tried to stop the robbers. No arrests have been made.

A former junior football club secretary abused a 12-year-old boy, then stole £70,000 and fled to America. David Aspden stole from a Travelex in Tesco, Rochdale in December 2018 and spent five months abroad.

The shopper in Colchester, Essex was browsing for essentials in the local Tesco. Self-declared as the 'Gimp Man of Essex', he was dressed head-to-toe in the black suit and is raising money.

The voluptuous reality TV star showed off her incredible curves in a revealing black summer dress while making her way to a local Tesco supermarket for some essential shopping.

Jason Manford has revealed his application to work as a customer assistant at his local Tesco supermarket has been rejected. 

In a post to Facebook, My Kitchen Rules judge Evans shared a screenshot of the livestream and asked his followers to share their opinions.

Deborah James, from South London, was told she was free of the disease earlier this year. However, her tumour markers, which indicate a new growth, have spiked in recent weeks.

London tops the list with 54 sightings in a year which have been reported by air traffic control employees, pilots, police officers and journalists. Kent comes in second with 30 sightings.

With EastEnders on ice amid the current COVID-19 crisis, star Steve McFadden was sure to keep himself busy on Wednesday by enjoying a bike ride in the sunshine.

It has been claimed that the couple called it quits last month after their relationship had 'run its course.'

Alex Reid's fiancée Nikki Manashe, of London, has revealed she is 'over the moon with emotions' that she will soon be able to start her fifth round of IVF after her fertility treatment clinic reopens.

EXCLUSIVE: The landlord said he received a booking for the apartment in Notting Hill, London at around 9pm on April 18, and warned that only two people could be inside the property at once.

The photo looked to be taken in a hip eatery with peeling posters on the brick walls. She gazed at the camera over the top of a pair of white framed sunglasses.

A clever parrot from Camden has learnt how to offer its owner a cup of tea and then stick the kettle on. Bertie, a three-year-old African Grey parrot, has picked up on its owner's love of tea.

Dynamo looked fit and healthy as he was seen for the first time on Thursday after battling coronavirus.

The team behind critically acclaimed Sky crime drama Gangs of London have revealed there is 'intent' for a second series.

Rap star Cardi B  took to Instagram to vent that she used duct tape to lift her breasts during Paris Fashion Week on Thursday. 'Kulture did me bad,' the star wrote in the caption of acandid video.

On a day dedicated to haute couture it was somewhat inevitable that two of Britain’s biggest style icons led the front row glamour as Stella unveiled her latest collection.

Poppy Delevingne turned out in style for the Giambattista Valli presentation during Paris Fashion Week as she joined friend and socialite Lady Mary Charteris.

The Vampire Diaries actress, 29, looked ultra-chic in a skimpy pinafore dress in the French capital, while Shay Mitchell kept things androgynous in an oversized blazer.

After a successful car-free day last month, Paris will now ban cars in the central 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th arrondissements between 10am and 6pm for the first Sunday of every month, starting on October 7.

The fashion world lost an icon when Karl Lagerfeld passed away on February 19, aged 85, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. 

Australian singer Tina Arena has revealed she is 'devastated' by the Notre-Dame de Paris fire that has destroyed many priceless and irreplaceable artworks.

A fire broke out on the site of Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Monday, while a much larger blaze engulfed Notre Dame. The Al-Aqsa fire began in the Marwani Prayer Hall or Solomon's Stables.

Laurent Nuñez, the French junior interior minister, said a group of around 20 firefighters managed to stop the blaze from spreading to the church's belfries.

Just over a year ago, Laura Trott was a promising youngster who thought she would get her chance at an Olympics in 2016. Today the twenty-year-old is the proud owner of TWO Olympic gold medals.

Cycling’s Revolution Series regularly brings together top-class fields and it will be no different when it rolls into Glasgow and the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome later this month.

Laura Trott took an 18-point lead into the final points race on Sunday which allowed her to beat USA's Sarah Hammer into second place.

Team GB and Team USA already have a slew of medals under their belt, but as these adorable photographs show, each and every one of our Olympians had to start somewhere.

MATT LAWTON IN RIO: Trott moved a step closer to reducing the gap between herself and her fiance in the gold-medal count, leading the women's omnium after day one.

MATT LAWTON IN RIO: Little more than an hour after Trott, re-established herself as Great Britain’s most successful female Olympian, Kenny stood shoulder to shoulder with Sir Chris Hoy.

Olympic cycling champion Laura Trott swapped her kit for a more glamorous look when she attended an event in Manchester on Saturday.

DAVID COVERDALE IN BERLIN: Kenny was left with a bloodied face after crashing in the omnium scratch race at the Track Cycling World Championships on Friday.

EXCLUSIVE: The elite French police officer spoke of his despair after the death of seven-year-old hero dog Diesel in Paris last month, a victim of a dramatic shoot-out with holed up ISIS terrorists.

A security guard at the United Nations in Geneva told said Swiss authorities were searching for 'four guys' believed to be in the area.