ITV Lorraine viewers praise 'random' Lewis Capaldi appearance as show returns after Queen's death

Lorraine returned to ITV today after a short hiatus following Queen Elizabeth II's death. The breakfast TV programme, fronted by Lorraine Kelly, was taken off air on Friday and Monday after the sad news of the Queen's passing on Thursday evening (September 8).

Following the breaking news, ITV made significant changes to its normal daytime TV schedule to make way for special news coverage honouring Her Majesty. On Friday (September 9), Good Morning Britain delivered a live broadcast hosted by Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard until 9am and from then on until the evening, viewers watched an extended ITV News Special.

ITV also revised its usual run of shows on Monday in replacement for programmes dedicated to King Charles III and the late Queen Elizabeth II. This meant that Lorraine, which usually airs every weekday from 9am to 10am, was not shown until today.

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Marking her return, host Lorraine Kelly paid tribute to the late Queen and invited a series of guests onto the show to pay their respects.

One was former Prime Minister Theresa May, who spoke about her personal memories with the Queen which included the humorous cheese incident that she first mentioned in the House of Commons on Friday that saw the Commons erupt with laughter.

But following the former PM's appearance, Lorraine viewers were shocked to see Scottish singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi 'randomly' appearing on the breakfast show.

Over recent days, ITV viewers have been used to seeing royal and political figures who knew Queen Elizabeth II interviewed to honour her, but Lorraine welcomed the musician onto the show to promote his new single Forget Me.

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