any royal event, whether it s the jubilee or a royal wedding or as it is now the coronation? yes. jubilee or a royal wedding or as it is now the coronation? is now the coronation? yes, last ear we is now the coronation? yes, last year we did is now the coronation? yes, last year we did a is now the coronation? yes, last year we did a very is now the coronation? yes, last year we did a very similar- is now the coronation? yes, last year we did a very similar eventl is now the coronation? yes, last i year we did a very similar event to this, the queen sjubilee, and people said straightaway are we doing anything for the king s coronation? and immediatelyjanet coronation? and immediately janet here coronation? and immediatelyjanet here said yes, we are, and we will do it in my back garden. so that s very important. we have been up since the early hours. but it is important to bring everybody together that has asked to be together. together that has asked to be touether. ~ ., g ., .,
until the coronation, there is a shortage of bell ringers who will ring for the king. and so the race is on to find and train people up. all yours. that hand stroke, stretch and pull through. st lawrence s in ipswich, a deconsecrated church, is now a community hub. we re told the bells here are the oldest entire ring of five bells in the country, dating back to the 14005. and the weekly ringing session held here on a wednesday lunchtime, is today doubling up as a training exercise for some who have come to answer this particular coronation call. we want to make sure that there are ringers for every church so that we can all ring out for ring for the king, for the coronation. but some of our beginners here today learnt because of the queen sjubilee, and they wanted to be able to ring for that. and then, a lot of them rang when the queen died. so we ve had this constant
of five bells in the country, dating back to the 11t00s. and the weekly ringing session held here on a wednesday lunchtime is today doubling up as a training exercise for some who have come to answer this particular coronation call. we want to make sure that there are ringers for every church, so that we can all ring out for ring for the king, for the coronation. but some of our beginners here today learned because of the queen sjubilee, and they wanted to be able to ring for that. and then a lot of them rang when the queen died. so we ve had this constant teaching of beginners right the way through since that original push. i saw some advert about them needing more bell ringers to ensure that all the churches were ringing for the king s coronation. and because he s such a great environmentalist, and i m an environmentalist too, i thought i d come back and ring for the coronation.
we want to make sure that there are ringers for every church, so that we can all ring out for ring for the king, for the coronation. but some of our beginners here today learned because of the queen sjubilee, and they wanted to be able to ring for that. and then a lot of them rang when the queen died. so we ve had this constant teaching of beginners right the way through since that original push. i saw some advert about them needing more bell ringers to ensure that all the churches were ringing for the king s coronation. and because he s such a great environmentalist, and i m an environmentalist too, i thought i d come back and ring for the coronation. at the moment, i m excited about it. i can t imagine that i m going to be quite ready. but i think i will. i hope i will. but yeah, it will be, it s a once in a lifetime opportunity, isn t it, really? i d encourage younger people to really get involved with it because it is really enjoyable and you make lots of friends very quickly.
corporation tax and death duties and inheritance tax. those things ought to be open. we re an open society. we should know about them. ijust wonder. and the bbc is cautious about doing that. were you happy to sit in the commentary box, being using your lovely, sonorous voice and your ability to commentate on the biggest events were you happy to do all that, knowing that the bbc wouldn t allow you to dig into some of those other stories concerning the royal family? yes, oh, yes they re two different things. i mean, by talking about what are the state opening events i ve done? i mean, the state opening of parliament, which is a traditional ritual, or a queen sjubilee, those are fine. i m happy with talking about those, or the marriage. the marriage i talked about didn t last very long but anyway, talking about a marriage and, indeed, the queen s funeral, being at st george s for that. no, no, i have no qualms about doing that or i wouldn t do it. i think that that can go along wi