Hong Kong actor Law Kar-ying apologises for mourning and praising the late Queen Elizabeth

Law Kar-ying took to China's Twitter-like platform Weibo to post a video apologising for 'making remarks of mourning without thinking them through'. Photo: Screengrab from Weibo

A veteran Hong Kong opera star apologised and declared his patriotism on Thursday (Sept 15) after his praise for Britain's late Queen Elizabeth II sparked a backlash among nationalists in China.

Thousands of Hong Kong residents have queued up outside the city's British consulate this week to sign a condolence book for the late monarch who died after 70 years on the throne.