comfort. since the duke of edinburgh s death. rather less than that. so this is a family which has suffered one death quite recently, and which is now having to deal with the illness and the declining health, as we understand it at the moment, of, as you say, their mother or their grandmother. it is perfectly possible that she will recover from this, or perhaps not recover, but that she will get over whatever issueit that she will get over whatever issue it is that has because the doctors to speak on the way that they have, so we must again stress that we don t know what the true situation is. we are merely anticipating and expecting that the palace will feel it necessary to say something. but as you say, at the heart of this is a family which is providing comfort to the queen, and one must hope that that is the situation that is taking place within balmoral castle at the moment. nick, thank you. the time is 6:01pm. if you arejoining us here on bbc news, we are reporting the
50,000 acre estate dating back in terms of its association with the royal family to queen victoria, the castle built for her in the 18505 and a ca5tle built for her in the 18505 and a place where we know the queen has many fond memories of spending time with her late husband, the duke of edinburgh, not least because the photograph that was released by the family on his death was a photograph of the two of them together on the hills in this estate. hills in this estate. james, ust a thou~ht hills in this estate. james, ust a thought about i hills in this estate. james, ust a thought about the i hills in this estate. james, ust a thought about the queen sh thought about the queen s relationship with scotland as well because we are at a time when there has been a lot of debate about the future shape of the united kingdom. the queen of course represents the solid element of continuity and that is an interesting thing for us to reflect on, given her great affection for balmoral and ind