by her daughter the princess royal. we are here live at buckingham palace or you can hear the crowd is heating up. it s seriously getting quite loud. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severo donetsk where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. and travel disruption continues airlines cancelled more flights today and rail passengers have been warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is under way, with members of the royal family attending events across the uk. tonight there s an open air concert at buckingham palace where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. one couple who aren t expected to attend are harry and meghan, they re spending the day quietly at windsor. let s head to the mall there now and to the bbc s katty kay. katty? we are right outside buckingham
earlier today caught on camera enjoying the moment charlotte and george accompanied their parents the duke and duchess of cambridge to celebrations in cardiff. and up and down the country, people have been holding street parties to celebrate. one of the biggest was in windsor s long walk, where tens of thousands of revellers turned up. welcome to bbc news. a third day of celebrations for the queen s platinum jubilee is underway. in the past hour, an open air concert at buckingham palace has got underway, where prince charles will pay tribute to the queen for her enduring service. let s go live to the palace and my colleague katty kay. have joined just havejoined just in time, sam ryder hasjust wrapped up. the havejoined just in time, sam ryder has just wrapped up. the concert is fully under way, going on for about an hour now. the crowd is delighted with what they have seen. it has been an amazing show, i feel incredibly lucky to watch from here, seeing the big screens an
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