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 with looking at the structure of monarchy and how it fits into our democracy. i think that s important. and it s always been you know, after queen victoria died, we had monarchs who used politicians to replace the monarchy inside the constitution, to work out how it should appeal to people. all i think is we should have that same openness and maybe now with a new king, we have a chance to do it. but i think there is bbc is overcautious about that. it s worried about upsetting. i m not quite sure why. will you be commentating on king charles s coronation? i ve no idea. i only heard i was doing the commentary on the funeral
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 with looking at the structure of monarchy and how it fits into our democracy. i think that s important. and it s always been, you know, after queen victoria died, we had monarchs who used politicians to replace the monarchy inside the constitution, to work out how it should appeal to people. all i think is we should have that same openness, and maybe now with a new king we have a chance to do it. but i think the bbc is overcautious about that. it s worried about upsetting. i m not quite sure why. will you be commentating on king charles s coronation? i ve no id
unblinkingly. at one point, cheryl korbel wiped away tears from her eyes, but they sat throughout the proceedings listening to everything that was happening. mr cashman was told that he will next appear in court at two o clock this afternoon. after the end of the proceedings, which were fairly short, he was led away and will be back as i say this afternoon at liverpool crown court. today the king and queen consort will attend their first joint public engagement, marking the end of the royal period of morning for the late queen. the couple will visit dunfermline in fife as part of the celebrations to mark its new city status. we have some pictures that have just come through of them doing a walkabout where crowds gathered outside dunfermline city chambers and there you can see big crowds for this firstjoint public engagement after the official period of royal morning came to an end for queen
about it you can t really pinpoint any of her opinions, we didn t really know what she thought about many topics, whereas charles, for 70 years, he was outspoken about many issues including the embodiment, so, it is unusual that we do know where he stands on a number of quite important issues, and arguably the environment is no longer a political issue, i don t think anyone contests that there is an issue that needs to be addressed, and very quickly. but i do think it is interesting that he will have to kind of shift away he communicates that message, he can t be quite as forceful perhaps as he has once been, but i definitely think he will be rallying to the cause of steel, talking to the right people, of course he has great connections, and now as monarch, perhaps a little bit more influence, but he is fully aware of the way he can and cannot speak about these things so it will be interesting to see how we continues to talk about this. . ., ., ., ., ., ., this. victoria howard, radio
elizabeth ii and king charles will also formally confer city status on dunfermline later. their meeting first minister nicola sturgeon. scotland correspondent alexandra mckenziejoins us now from dunfermline. how are they seeing this visit cursing like a huge excitement not least because it is their first public engagement since he became king. how are they seeing this visit? king. how are they seeing this visit? ,., ., ., king. how are they seeing this visit? ., ., , visit? good morning from dunfermline abbe . we visit? good morning from dunfermline abbey- we cannot visit? good morning from dunfermline abbey. we cannot quite visit? good morning from dunfermline abbey. we cannot quite see visit? good morning from dunfermline abbey. we cannot quite see the - visit? good morning from dunfermline abbey. we cannot quite see the new. abbey. we cannot quite see the new king and queen consort yet, they are just a few minutes up from here so people are still waiting patiently on th