its rebels, its miscreants, its winners and losers, like any family. where i think they are lucky is that in charles they have a very decent statesman like person and they have in william and kate, i think, a remarkably lucky air and his choice of wife has turned out to be a critical, extraordinarily successful addition to the family. so there is addition to the family. so there is a real piece of luck there that again the airwilliam, a real piece of luck there that again the air william, has got some of the things the queen has got. he is a judicious person. he is a cautious person, he is a decent person. and temperamentally he is in a so much better position to take it over than his younger brother harry, who would have been, if he had been the elder son. i think the cambridges are a very lucky future for the house of windsor. i don t
will soon be under way. lots of star guests. even brian may from queen will be performing. obviously, a lot of the focus is on the eldest royal. but a lot of attention as well from the public and curiosity, i i must say, is about the youngest ones as well. reporter: the youngest, the very youngest once, have drawn a lot of attention. of course prince louis on the balcony here with many, many faces on day one. prince william and the duchess of cambridge. it was a big moment for the uk, the first time meghan s been in the uk since her very high-profile departure. a lot is being made in the newspapers about was there a lot of distance between the cambridges and the sussexes.
and wearing a brooch she had worn on their honeymoon. # for those who can t be here. the cambridges won t be at windsor. last night, a recording of their carol concert at westminster abbey was shown on itv. it featured catherine playing the piano as tom walker sang for those who can t be here. today, william and catherine will be with their children at their home, anmer hall, in norfolk. no doubt they and the rest of the royal family, and particularly the queen, will look back on a year which has not been without its difficulties while looking forward to next year and the queen s platinum jubilee, when the nation will have the chance to mark her 70 years on the throne. nicholas witchell, bbc news. charlotte gallagher is in windsor. the queen like many people scaling back what she had planned this year
playing the piano as tom walker saying for those who cannot be here. the cambridges. today william and kaplan will be with their children at their home in norfolk. no doubt they and the rest of the royal family and particularly the queen look back on a year which has not been without its difficulties. while looking forward to next year and the queen s platinumjubilee, when looking forward to next year and the queen s platinum jubilee, when the nation will have the chance to mark her 70 years on the throne. nicholas witchell, bbc news. our reporter charlotte gallagher is at windsor castle for us this morning. hgppy happy christmas, charlotte! like many, the queen s christmas looks set to be different from what was originally planned. indeed. merry christmas, naga, from here at windsor, and it s very cold, some brave dogs out already but completely different from sandringham where she usually has a big family christmas because even at this time you would have people queueing up to see
jamaican campaigners also picketed several engagements seeking reparations from the monarchy for slavery. the tour was also overshadowed by what some are calling pr missteps , including this trip to trench town, which resulted in still photos of the cambridges making contact with the outstretched fingers ofjamaican children pushing through a wire fence. i m joined now by lisa hanna, a jamaican mp who has called for insitutions who have benefited from the legacy of slavery such as the british monarchy to do more than apologise for their crimes. thank you very much for being with us on bbc news. let s clear up something very quickly because there has been a lot of. your name has been controversial in the last few days because of suggestions that somehow you snub the duchess of cambridge. put on record for us if you would what is the reality of that. ., , ,