more than 60,000 people are expected to attend. his successor pope francis tomorrow. the pope s body has been lying in state since monday and huge crowds have been filing past to pay their respects. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool is at the vatican for us now. the doors did close here a few moments ago and already the vatican has told us over the three days that benedict xvi s body was lying in state in saint peter s basilica 195,000 people filed past. so many taking this moment to reflect. even though the pope emeritus step down backin though the pope emeritus step down back in 2013 his passing could still mark something of a change at the vatican going forward. in one part of the vatican, pope francis was making an appearance in his weekly audience. he started by paying
and more than 60,000 people are expected to attend. britain s most senior cleric at the vatican has suggested to the bbc that benedict s death could allow pope francis to think about stepping down. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool is at the vatican for us now. st peter s square down below me all seems very calm, things are very much set ahead of that funeral earlier tomorrow morning and the vatican tells us over the last three days as benedict xvi was lying in state in st peter s basilica, 195,000 people filed past to pay their respects. there isjust 195,000 people filed past to pay their respects. there is just a sense that even though he stepped down in 2013, in the passing of the pope emeritus there might still yet to be some change that is felled here at the vatican going forward. in one part of the vatican, pope francis was making an appearance in his weekly audience. he started by paying
the eu says it s launched an urgent procedure to strip two meps of immunity amid a corruption scandal. the scandal has rocked the european parliament after several people were arrested last month. prosecutors say they ve found more than 1.5 million euros in cash stashed which had been given as bribes, allegedly by qatar. the gulf state denies any wrongdoing. prince harry says the royal family has shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile with him and his wife meghan in a new tv interview. the duke of sussex also spoke of his strained relationship with king charles and prince william, saying he wanted to get his father back and to have his brother back. 0ur royal correspondent daniella relph reports. they are the first hints of what this book will offer. the trailers from itv and cbs in america, released ahead of the publication of spare, point to a bitter
tens of thousands of people have begun paying their respects to the former pope benedict xvi. after his death at the weekend, his body is now lying in state in st peters basilica at the vatican. the funeral is on thursday. 0ur religion editor aleem maqbool is at the vatican. at dawn, the late pope was moved from the monastery in the vatican where he died, for the short, solemn, private procession to st peter s basilica. # santa maria. there, he was taken through the nave to be placed in front of the altar. 0utside, while the ceremony was taking place, thousands had formed a queue that snaked around st peter s square. these were among the first allowed in through the doors to pay their respects. in just the first five hours, vatican police say 40,000 people filed past benedict xvi,
to do this privately. and every single time i ve tried to do it privately, there have been briefings and leakings and planting of stories against me and my wife. you know, the family motto is never complain, never explain, but it s just a motto. it doesn t really hold. there s a lot of complaining and a lot of explaining. being done in, through leaks. through leaks. they will feed, or have a conversation with the correspondent, and that correspondent will literally be spoon fed information to write the story. and at the bottom of it they will say that they have reached out to buckingham palace for comment. but the whole story is buckingham palace commenting. so, when we re being told for the last six years we can t put a statement out to protect you, but you do it for other members of the family. there comes a point where silence is betrayal. 0ur royal correspondent daniela relph explained why prince harry is giving an interview now. it s the publicity ahead