The queen has announced that prince harry and meghan will no longer use their royal titles, and will no longer receive public fund for carrying out royal dutiesthe sussexes will no longer represent the queen as working members of the royal family, including official military appointments for prince harry. The new model is expected to come into effect in the spring. This comes after the couple said earlier this month they wanted to step back as senior royals. In a statement, her majesty the queen said. Harry, meghan and archie will always be a statement from Buckingham Palace laid out the new agreement between harry and meghan, and the queen which will come into effect in the spring. The statement didnt mention security as Buckingham Palace said it did not comment on the details of security arrangements. Harry and meghan will no longer use their hrh titles as they will no longer be working members of the royal family. Alongsid not being required to carry out royal duties, harry and megh
And the political commentator, jo phillips. Now its time for a look at the weather. Hello there. A very quiet weather picture at the moment but already temperatures are tumbling below freezing. Ice becomes the concern i think for the next few nights and increasingly some patchy fog as well. Lets not get away from the main story, the story of dry weather. And for some foreseeable time as well, for four, five days, we could in fact some places have a week of dry weather, something we havent had since back in september. At this time of year, under the starry skies, you would expect temperatures to fall. They are. They are already getting below freezing. These are the towns and cities. Quite a harsh frost. With the light winds as well, all bio albeit the odd shower in some areas. Through the night, there may be a few showers through east anglia. Silly showers through east anglia. Silly shower you risk through the northern aisles. Slightly milder with south westerly winds setting in here. F
The five mps who want to replace Jeremy Corbyn as labour leader have been taking questions from Party Members in liverpool. The candidates called for unity within the party, despite jostling for position over a number of issues. Here, each candidate set out how they would take on borisjohnson, beginning with Emily Thornberry. Has shadowed borisjohnson for two yea rs has shadowed borisjohnson for two years when he was foreign secretary and during those two years i was told to tour with him and frankly he did not like it. That way i used to ta ke did not like it. That way i used to take him on what i am a girly swot, iamon take him on what i am a girly swot, i am on top of the detail, i would quote things, he would look confused. I would say, i am sorry, thatis confused. I would say, i am sorry, that is what you said. You dont remember. We need to hold him to account, he is a liar, he is callous, he doesnt care, he plays at politics, he plays at peoples lights, he needs to be held to acc