UK esports organisations pay tribute to The Queen
Dom Sacco, Senior Editor
Last Updated: 20/06/2025
UK esports organisations, personalities and others have paid tribute to Her Majesty The Queen who died yesterday aged 96 years old.
Queen Elizabeth II served as the Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth states for 70 years, the longest of any British monarch and female head of state.
Many accounts changed the colour of their social media profile images to black and white in order to mourn the Queen’s death and show their respect.
Tributes poured in on Twitter, with British Esports saying they are deeply saddened to hear of the Queen’s passing:
The British Esports Federation is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
— British Esports (@British_Esports) September 8, 2022
We join the world in mourning her passing and our thoughts and prayers go out to the Royal Family and the people of the Commonwealth.
May she rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/Ey1YRO1rXk
Other UK-based esports bodies including Esports Scotland, Esports England and Esports Northern Ireland also shared their tributes.
Esports Scotland and Esports Northern Ireland both said: “On behalf of everyone at Esports Scotland/Esports Northern Ireland we are saddened by the loss of Queen Elizabeth we pass on our condolences to her family.”
Queen Elizabeth II 1926 - 2022. May she rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/avQ8RgMK9L
— Esports England 🥇🥈🥈🥈🥉 (@esports_england) September 8, 2022
Dr Jo Twist OBE, CEO of UK video game industry trade body Ukie, commented: “The UK video games industry is saddened by the passing of Her Majesty the Queen. Our thoughts are with her family and we join the rest of the country in mourning.”
Looking more globally, the Global Esports Federation also shared a post:
We join the world in mourning the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our deepest condolences and prayers to our community across the Commonwealth.
— Global Esports Federation (@GE_Federation) September 9, 2022
HM. Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022. May she rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/fJnFmmg2ZL
Other personalities in UK esports such as FIFA football esports commentator Brandon Smith, Northern Ireland eFootball Commonwealth winner Emzii and streamer Daz Black also made comments on Twitter and other social media platforms:
God save the queen. Rest in peace ❤️ pic.twitter.com/HuvK4euMsV
— Brandon Smith (@BSmith_Esports) September 8, 2022
RIP. Long live the Queen!
— Emzii (@Emzii192) September 8, 2022
RIP your majesty ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/AGynbb8R8f
— Daz Black (@daz_black) September 8, 2022
UK-based esports TV channel Ginx also offered their condolences:
Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth pic.twitter.com/ktK6dNK5Q3
— GINX TV (@GINXTV) September 8, 2022
Lastly, many esports team organisations based in the UK paid tribute to The Queen with a variety of messages, while some changed to a black profile image and others said they would go silent for a few days.
Clique, Eko, Veloce, Excel, Guild, Semper Fortis (aka SMPR Esports), MNM Gaming, Man City Esports, LDN UTD, London Royal Ravens, Endpoint, Wolves, Williams Resolve, Futwiz, Lionscreed, Vulpine Esports, X7 Esports and others paid their respects. RAF Esports also updated their profile images on socials.
Some offered ‘rest in peace’ messages, while others paid longer tributes.
Isle of Man organisation X7 Esports said on their main Twitter account: “We are proudly home to both current and previously serving members of the British Army – all of whom swore an oath of allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
‘We are deeply saddened to hear about Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s passing and will silence our account over the next few days out of respect.’
X7 Esports
Vupline Esports added: “The UK now is in a mourning period and as we are a UK org, all official social media from us will be limited to important announcements only for the next 12 days as a sign of respect.”
Excel Esports added: “An inspirational leader, her loss will be felt across our United Kingdom and the world; may she rest in peace. Our thoughts are with her family at this difficult time.”
Fnatic commented: “Rest In Peace, Your Majesty. We are sending our deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the Royal Family.”
LDN UTD said: “Very sad. End of an era. The Queen dedicated her life to the UK and public service. #RIPQueenElizabeth.”
We’ll include a selection of tweets below:
It is a great sadness to hear about the passing of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth today
— Vulpine Esports (@VulpineEsports) September 8, 2022
The UK now is in a mourning period and as we are a UK org all official social media from us will be limited to important announcements only for the next 12 days as a sign of respect
To our Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Thank you for all that you did. Rest in Peace Ma’am. pic.twitter.com/i1fNrZQeeL
— Veloce (@VeloceEsports) September 8, 2022
This is a tragic moment in British history.
— CTRL Esports (@TheCTRLEsports) September 8, 2022
Rest in peace, Her Majesty The Queen. pic.twitter.com/E9zqqmPVF3
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty the Queen.
— Carolina Royal Ravens (@RoyalRavens) September 8, 2022
Our sympathies are with the Royal Family.
SMPR shares the sorrow of the entire nation following the announcement from Buckingham Palace on the passing of Her Royal Highness The Queen Elizabeth II.#RIP pic.twitter.com/DTpZvrBlWy
— SMPR Esports (@SMPR_esports) September 8, 2022
— Resolve (@RSVGG) September 8, 2022
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.
— GIANTX League of Legends (@GIANTXLeague) September 8, 2022
An inspirational leader, her loss will be felt across our United Kingdom and the world; may she rest in peace.
Our thoughts are with her family at this difficult time. https://t.co/dNkMLYHYvB
R I P Queen Elizabeth👑🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/hjQdkzqCOw
— MNM Gaming (@MNMGaming) September 8, 2022
Rest in peace, Your Majesty.
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Dom Sacco, Senior Editor
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He has almost two decades of experience in journalism, and left Esports News UK in June 2025. As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late '80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He also previously worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation.
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