a new court case. the duchess of sussex has told oprah winfrey that she considered taking her own life during her lowest point while living as a royal. in a wide ranging interview on cbs, meghan admitted she had been naive in her expectations of what royal life would be like. she said things turned against her following an untrue story in the british press that she made her sister in law, kate, cry. prince harry said he spoke to the queen about his decision to step down as a senior royal, and revealed his father, prince charles, had stopped taking his calls. the couple also said they were expecting a baby girl. our north america correspondent peter bowes watched the 2 hour interview and picked out the key points. it was full of just claim after claim about the life that meghan says she lived as a member of the royal family. as you have explained, that she contemplated self harm because she believed at the time that it would be the best way to deal with the hurt and the dark p
As you said, we were set up back in the early 90s to Get Britain Out of the European Union. With the referendum id say we have won the war, what weve got to do now is win the peace. The Prime Minister will only start at the negotiations with the European Union later injune and ukip has to be on the pitch because if ukip isnt on the pitch, then theres no real impetus for the Prime Minister not to backslide and i believe, i worry, that she may backslide with fisheries, or maybe there will be a deal on the divorce bill, or maybe there will be a deal on freedom of movement. What we need is to ensure that ukip is there so that we get the brexit that we voted for onjune the 23rd. But when you launched your manifesto last week, your main focus wasnt on europe. It was on terrorism and extremism. It almost looks like you are flailing around now, trying to stay relevant, arent you . Well, no, not at all. What we have done is we have led on the agenda of islamic terrorism and we launched our Inte
As you said, we were set up back in the early 90s to Get Britain Out of the European Union. With the referendum id say we have won the war, what weve got to do now is win the peace. The Prime Minister will only start at the negotiations with the European Union later injune and ukip has to be on the pitch because if ukip isnt on the pitch, then theres no real impetus for the Prime Minister not to backslide and i believe, i worry, that she may backslide with fisheries, or maybe there will be a deal on the divorce bill, or maybe there will be a deal on freedom of movement. What we need is to ensure that ukip is there so that we get the brexit that we voted for onjune the 23rd. But when you launched your manifesto last week, your main focus wasnt on europe. It was on terrorism and extremism. It almost looks like you are flailing around now, trying to stay relevant, arent you . Well, no, not at all. What we have done is we have led on the agenda of islamic terrorism and we launched our Inte
Wee. And the high court in belfast will issue a Landmark Ruling today on whether the current ban on Same Sex Marriage in Northern Ireland should be overturned. Northern ireland is the only part of the uk where same sex couples are restricted to Civil Partnerships rather than marriages. We talk to the couples who have mounted the legal challenge. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Obviously a Level Results dontjust affect the students, its a big day for parents and carers too, so do get in touch if youve been caught up in the stresses of results day too. We love this, from paris, mother, what were your results, the important thing is, i am what were your results, the important thing is, iam healthy what were your results, the important thing is, i am healthy and alive. You can get in touch on that and any of the stories were talking about this morning, use the hashtag victoria live, and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. As level no lo
Also coming up, most of the historic world war ii aircraft making up the battle of Britain Memorial flight have been grounded. One display has already been cancelled. And production was halted on the 6th of march Mission Impossible film, because its star tom cruise broke his ankle while performing a stunt while filming in london. This is bbc news and these are the top good morning. Its thursday 17th august. Im rebecca jones. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Thousands of teenagers across england, wales and Northern Ireland have received their a level results this morning. In england, the results marked a major reform to the exams introduced by the government, including a move away from coursework and modular exams in 13 subjects and a decision to separate as levels to form stand alone qualifications. There was a fall of 0. 2 in the overall pass rate which was down to 97. 9 . But there was an increase in the number of students awarded the top grades with 26. 3 of entries receiving either an