a very warm welcome to a beautiful day here at buckingham palace. the queen has thanked all those involved in her platinum jubilee celebrations, as four days of events get under way across the country and the commonwealth to mark her 70 years on the throne. in a special message, the queen said she continued to be inspired by the goodwill shown to her and that many happy memories would be made during the festivities. there s a lot planned for the occasion from today here in the uk today and tomorrow there are two public holidays, meaning a four day weekend for the country. later today, it s trooping the colour, the queen s official birthday parade, which ends with an raf flypast watched by members of the royal family on the balcony of buckingham palace. also later beacons will be lit throughout the uk, channel islands, isle of man and uk 0verseas territories. they will be also lit in most of the 5a commonwealth countries. on friday, a service of thanksgiving will take p
but domestic abuse campaigners worry about the message it sends. and here at the home of cricket, the start of the test match summer, new captain, new coach, new england? so far, very good. good afternoon. the queen has taken the salute from the balcony at buckingham palace as trooping the colour begins four days of celebration for her platinum jubilee. there are thousands of people here lining the streets, and we ve spoken to some who ve come from as far away as australia and the us. in a message to mark the event, the queen, who is the world s oldest reigning monarch, said she hoped the celebrations would create many happy memories for people. at 96, her mobility is limited, and she restricted her appearance to the palace balcony, instead of inspecting the troops in person, as is traditional. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. for all that she wants thejubilee to be about communities coming together, creating their own precious memories, in the end, it is a
for s but he was still clapping. it was really, really amazing atmosphere down there and we also saw prince charles and camilla afterwards. they did a bit of a walkabout much to the visualise of the crowds who were there and went and spoke to them and i think that was a nice touch for thousands of people who came out today to see what s going on. i people who came out today to see what s going on- people who came out today to see what s going on. i wonder how many eole what s going on. i wonder how many eo - ie the what s going on. i wonder how many people the police what s going on. i wonder how many people the police think what s going on. i wonder how many people the police think they - what s going on. i wonder how many people the police think they were i people the police think they were out because we know green park on the other side, people turned up i guess quite natural to think i will have a lovely walk through green park and see what is going on. they litera
from buckingham palace, where thejubilee celebrations are continuing in to the evening here in london. the illustrator sir quentin blake, broadcaster clare balding and actor damian lewis are among more than 1,000 people recognised in the queen s birthday honours list. in other news, johnny depp s seen in a newcastle pub last night while in the us his legal team celebrated his defamation win but domestic abuse campaigners worry about the message it sends. 70 aircraft have flown over buckingham palace to celebrate the queen s platinum jubilee. the fly past began with several royal navy helicopters followed by modern and historic planes including a spitfire, hurricane, lancaster and voyager. a special formation of 15 typhoons then formed the number 70 in honour of the queen s reign. but in the past hour buckingham palace has announced that prince andrew the duke of york has tested positive for covid and will no longer attend tomorrow s service of thanksgiving. let s