americans tuned in fair to say they had more sympathy for harry and meghan than for the palace. also in the programme. americans who have been fully vaccinated can now meet each other indoors without wearing masks, under new guidance issued today by the cdc. and they are back the welsh goats that occupied llandudno. and they mean business. this time they have taken primark. hello, i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. the queen has faced many crises in the 68 years of her reign. the death of diana princess of wales, the collapse of three of her childrens marriages and now this. the interview, as it s being called, ranks pretty high on that list of dramas. this spectacular fallout with the sussexes is reminiscent of the bitter period that culminated in the death of harry s mother but this time there s race involved too. or perhaps even racism. meghan and harry suggest someone in the royalfamily, was concerned about the colour of their future chil
the couple did express their admiration and respect for the queen. buckingham palace has yet to respond to the allegations made. prince harry also said he felt let down by his father prince charles, who at one point was refusing to take his son s calls. also tonight. millions of children went back to school today following months of lockdown and home schooling. in england s care homes, one nominated person can now visit a loved one. we meet some of those reunited after many months. and the schoolgirl left for dead by the taliban who went on to win a nobel prize has landed a multi million pound television deal. and coming up in sport on bbc news. fourth placed chelsea maintain their unbeaten record under thomas tuchel jorginho with a penalty in a 2 0 win over everton. good evening. we start tonight with the story that s dominated news headlines around the world. the royal family and its advisers are reeling from a list of damaging allegations made by the duke and duchess of
killing george floyd. how do you find an un biased jury? and the price of protection we report on the battle to save the coast of the philippines from abandoned coronavirus equipment. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. britain s royal family and its advisors are reeling from a list of damaging allegations made by the duke and duchess of sussex in their interview with oprah winfrey. meghan said that she considered taking her own life and that there had been conversations within the royal family about how dark their son archie s skin might be. oprah winfrey has said it wasn t queen elizabeth or the duke of edinburgh who asked prince harry about the colour of his son s skin. so far, buckingham palace has not responded to any of the allegations, as our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. whatever the palace expected, the reality was worse with meghan describing uncaring attitudes and a racist remark from a member of the royal family.
there s lots more on our website and social media, including the new technology that could be offered to diabetes patients on the nhs. that s it for now. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. end of life charity marie currie is calling for terminally ill people of working age to be given early access to a state pension. it claims the change could be delivered at a minimal cost to the taxpayer and would prevent thousands of people each year from dying in poverty. olivia hutchinson reports. thank you. cheryl and mark has been struggling to pay their bills since cheryl, who s 61, was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2018. things have got so bad that they can no longer afford to heat their home or run at their car. how do we go out and make memories when we haven t got anything
we are going to leave the commons. that was stephen kennedy asking an urgent question on the windrush scandal and the idea that the government will be abandoning some of those key commitments. the end of life charity, marie curie, is calling for terminally ill people of working age to be given early access to a state pension. it claims the change could be delivered at minimal cost to the taxpayer and would prevent thousands of people each year from dying in poverty. olivia hutchinson reports. thank you. cheryl and mark have been struggling to pay their bills since cheryl, who s 61, was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2018. things have got so bad that they can no longer afford to heat their home or run their car. how do we go out and make memories when we haven t got anything to make memories with? we have to pull in every penny we ve got to just pay things.