of the event today, and as you can see to just approaching buckingham palace there. earlier king charles iii, who was taking part in his first trooping the colour as modern, was part of the military spectacle that marks his birthday, and he was riding on horseback earlier, and inspected the tubes at horse guards. inspected the troops. as you can see he is acknowledging the colour as it passes, as the parade passes him, and the event is going to be culminating very soon in a fly past over buckingham palace. the royal family is expected to turn out on the balcony there to watch from there, it is around that time that there, it is around that time that the crowds, huge crowds who are watching, will push forward down the mall to surround buckingham palace as the royal family appears on the balcony and watch the fly past. the fly past will include the red arrows, 70 aircraft and total flying through the skies, aircraft from the royal navy, british army and the royal navy, briti
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
live from buckingham palace, this is bbc news. welcome this is bbc news. to a rather rainy and chilly day welcome to a rather rainy and chilly day here, but it is a significant day. in the next hour, the princess of wales will make her first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer, and that is at today s trooping the colour, the military parade which celebrate the king s fund birthday. the princess will be in the carriage parade with her children for the king s birthday celebrations, beforejoining the rest of the family on the baclony at buckingham palace. a new photo of the princess from the palace. taken close to her home in windsor, a place where she has been able to rest, recuperate, and spend time with her family. it marks the first significant announcement about catherine s health since she announced her cancer diagnosis in march. my work has always brought me a deep sense ofjoy and i look forward to being back when i m able. but for now i must focus on m
witchell who is life at buckingham palace for us now. nick, this is the moment that crowds waiting for, what is the atmosphere like? yes. moment that crowds waiting for, what is the atmosphere like? is the atmosphere like? yes, people have been allowed is the atmosphere like? yes, people have been allowed up is the atmosphere like? yes, people have been allowed up the is the atmosphere like? yes, people have been allowed up the mall- is the atmosphere like? yes, people have been allowed up the mall by i is the atmosphere like? yes, people| have been allowed up the mall by the police, large crowds, really quite hot, they have filled that the space in front of buckingham palace, and as you said, people are waiting now for the appearance on the balcony of the king and other members of the royal family. the king and other members of the royalfamily. in the the king and other members of the royal family. in the distance from green park, everybody can hear the gun salute being fired b
there are limitations on what is possible. so for the first time, she hadn t reviewed the parade on horse guards parade. guards instead, hadn t reviewed the parade on horse guards instead, they formed up outside the palace are made all the staging set up for saturday s party, and the salute was taken by the queen, accompanied by the duke of kent. in herjubilee message, the queen had said she looked forward to the future with confidence. that, we can assume, was an implied reference to the future of the monarchy, and so once again today we had a glimpse of the future. it was the prince of wales who led the royal party from buckingham palace. also riding on horseback behind charles were prince william, the duke of cambridge, and princess anne, the princess royal. and writing together in one of the carriages, the cambridges three