Dundee United and Hibernian fans sing vile chant about the Queen during silence sparking furious response from Rangers

A SMALL section of Dundee United fans shamefully interrupted a minute’s silence in honour of the Queen.

Ibrox fell silent ahead of the Scottish Premiership match between Rangers and Dundee United.

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Ibrox held a minute’s silence ahead of Rangers vs Dundee United[/caption]

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A section of Dundee fans interrupted the silence[/caption]

But Radio Scotland microphones clearly picked up a small section of the away fans booing as the tribute began.

They then broke into a disgusting chant during the period of silence.

Supporters were shamefully heard singing “Lizzie’s in a box.”

And at Easter Road some Hibernian fans were also guilty of singing the same vile chant during their own minute’s silence.

Rangers fans impeccably observed the minute’s silence, before erupting in a chorus of boos directed at the travelling Dundee United fans.

The interrupted silence was followed by a rendition of ‘God Save the King’.

In a statement, Dundee United said they were “aware” of the actions of the select few fans.

They said: “Dundee United are aware of the actions of a small section of the crowd who chose to not respect the minute’s silence before this afternoon’s match at Ibrox.

“As a club, ahead of the game we reached out to advise our supporters of the pre-match arrangements with the expectation that the minute silence would be observed.”

Rangers also played the National Anthem in midweek ahead of their 3-0 Champions League defeat to Napoli.

The Glasgow club defied Uefa who banned UK clubs from singing the anthem as they didn’t want kick-off times delayed.

Although the Gers will not face any Uefa action for honouring the Queen before their meeting with the Italian side.

Some Scottish sides decided to hold a minute’s applause instead of silence this weekend due to fears of the quiet being interrupted.

Antonio Colak opened the scoring for the Gers before running over and shushing the away fans.

He pointed at the Dundee supporters and put his fingers to his lips after putting the home side ahead.

Colak scored again in the second-half, before Liam Smith pulled one back for the visitors.

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Antonio Colak shushed the away fans after opening the scoring for Rangers[/caption]