life to her duties. todd: alex hogan outside buckingham palace this morning. alex. queen elizabeth is dead and the crowds continue to mourning the life of a remarkable woman who lived and reigns for 70 years and the crowds continue to grow. she died surrounded by family members in one of her favorite places in the scottish countrysides. she loved to be out in nature surrounded by animals, she took the throne in 1952, at 25 years old. her coronation took place in 1953, this was after the death of her father king george vi. she is longest reigning british monarch, take a look at the list of people who have served, not nearly as long as she did, longest british monarchs include queen victoria and henry iii and edward iii. the eldest, her son, is now king charles iii, her death elevating the rest of the family members making them a step closer to being next in line for the throne. in her 70 years as queen she served along 15 prime minister, meeting liz truss a few days ago in
that want to abolish the monarchy as who are celebrating the jubilee. you wouldn t know that if you had been watching bbc s coverage of the last few days. deb taylor was watching that and emails: many of the weekens ceremonies broadcast on the channel of the corporation s largely celebratory approach represented a failure ofjournalistic impartiality. for dave in birmingham: one specific moment over the long weekend attracted a lot of attention from the audience and it came as guests arrived at st paul s cathedral on friday morning for the queen s thanksgiving service. the prime ministerjust arriving with his wife. quite a bit of booing in the crowd. i know. you can hear it, there is quite of lot of booing, actually. a substantial amount. didn t see that coming. quite a moment. we definitely haven t heard that for any other vip guests, that s fair to say. that was broadcast live. but as jane hill continued to talk to her guests, the footage of mr and mrs johnson was replayed
now on bbc news it s time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. did bbc news overdo the platinumjubilee celebrations last weekend and forget its normal journalistic values? 0h, quite the booing in the crowd, and you can hear it. and did the bbc alter the sound level of booing when repeating shots of boris and carriejohnson at last week s thanksgiving service? a decade ago, the bbc was widely criticised for dumbing down it s treatment of the queens diamond jubilee, with its rain drenched royal flotilla along the thames. and a year ago, it received a record 100,000 complaints about the extent of air time devoted to the duke of edinburgh s death. those experiences coupled, with the recent troubled history of the royal family meant there was an intense focus on how the platinum jubilees death was covered on the bbc. and the corporation certainly pulled out all the stops from the start of the weekend to the end. cheering. she was the star of the show
and, obviously, the extensions thereof. there were many people at the dinner. it was incredible. and something that i will never forget. and at the time i was actually seven months pregnant with my daughter carolina and i remember very distinctly thinking i will one day be able to tell my daughter that she kind of through me had this incredible experience of being at backing ham palace, meeting the royal family and something i will never ever forget. carley: that is so special. i love that. todd: as for your father-in-law, much has been made of his meetings with the queen. during the jubilee coverage we heard a lot of stories that while donald trump doesn t fawn over too many people in his life he was particularly enthralled with the queen. what can you tell us about that? well, i would say that that s accurate. i would say it s very true. my father-in-law during the time as president but also his time as a businessman and the icon that he obviously is, has met many world leaders
that want to abolish the monarchy as who are celebrating the jubilee. you wouldn t know that if you had been watching bbc s coverage of the last few days. deb taylor was watching that and emails: many of the weekens ceremonies broadcast on the channel of the corporation s largely celebratory approach represented a failure ofjournalistic impartiality. for dave in birmingham: