Queen’s funeral: Get live text updates from news.com.au’s royal reporters and experts

Want the biggest royal stories and live updates from the Queen’s funeral delivered straight to your phone? Sign up to start texting with our royal experts.

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The death of Queen Elizabeth II and accession of King Charles III has been the most talked about – and surely one of the most texted about – major events of our lifetime.

If you’re into the royals or just keen to follow a big news event, chances you’ve been firing a few texts back and forth about the latest from London already.

Now you can get all the inside info and live updates by texting directly with news.com.au’s team of royal reporters and experts.

Want to chat with royal expert Daniela Elser about her take on Charles’ reign? Keen to hear from the crowds at Buckingham Palace via our royal reporter Bronte Coy on the ground? Or have a burning question about how the Queen’s funeral will play out?

Ready to start texting? To sign up, just hit the button below or text Queen to 0481 615 463

By signing up you’ll get a direct line to our royal insiders, and have our biggest royal stories plus live updates from the Queen’s funeral – a historical, once-in-a-lifetime event – delivered directly to your mobile.

The texts are free to receive (though message and data rates may apply) and you can stop them at any time. You can reply, but don’t worry, you won’t get messages from everyone else who’s signed up.

We will never give or sell your number to a third party. We may send you a text about other news.com.au newsletters or podcasts you might be interested in.

You’ll get all the big royal stories and analysis delivered straight to your phone, be texted live updates on the night of the Queen’s funeral, and get exclusive access to live Q&A sessions and one-on-one chats with our royal insiders.

Text live with news.com.au's royal reporters and experts.

FAQs

Will my question(s) actually be answered by the news.com.au team?

Our royal reporters do their best to answer you directly. However, it’s not always possible to respond to every question. You may find that your question is addressed in a text to all subscribers, as other subscribers were asking the same question. Great minds think alike!

Can other subscribers see my texts?

No. This is not a group chat. Only our royal reporters and a few others in our editorial team will see messages you send to them. We won’t publish any conversations on news.com.au without your permission.

How often will the team text?

It totally depends on what royal news is breaking, and what big stories we have to share at the time and can vary. On the night of the Queen’s funeral, for example, expect a few updates. Feel free to text directly and let us know if you want to hear from us more or less.

How do I cancel?

You can text STOP at any time to end all text messages and any associated charges.

Texting guidelines

We encourage healthy, constructive and challenging conversations. We do our best to ensure fairness, but in all cases we reserve the right to suspend and/or ban accounts without notice, for any reason, but particularly to protect our services, our journalists and our readers and community.

Here are our three simple rules for joining in the text conversation.

• Be respectful in addressing our other journalists

• We welcome your opinions but stay focused on the subject at hand – criticise ideas, not people

• Keep your language in check