the archbishop of canterbury. god to the living grace, to the departed rest, to the church, the king, the commonwealth and all people peace and comfort and to us and to all his servants life everlasting and the blessing of god almighty, the father, the son and the holy spirit be amongst you and remain with you always. amen. god save the king heard in this cathedral by many. what you heard for the first time in 70 years was god save the king. joining me is correspondent keir simmons. what we heard from the bishop of london there is that she was a remarkable constant, talking about the queen, a remarkable constant. and now similar from what we heard from king charles iii saying our values have remained and must remain constant. absolutely. and just a remark, hearing god save the king, just another moment where things are remaining constant but changing so much. i was just thinking before talking to you, katy, just think about t
united kingdom tomorrow. prince william, who is now the heir apparent to the throne of the uk. queen elizabeth s death was met with an outpouring of grief from world leaders, from people around the globe. president biden, in fact, just moments ago paying a visit to the british embassy to pay his respects. on the streets of london where it is late tonight, this is the scene. people still gathered outside the gates of london s buckingham palace. keep in mind they are mourning and honoring a woman who has been a constant for almost everyone there. 80% of people who are living in the united kingdom were born during her rule. throughout the day we have seen the memorial outside the gates of windsor castle grow. now a literal sea of flowers. shortly after they announced queen elizabeth s death, this incredible image, a rainbow breaking through the clouds over buckingham palace. the announcement of her death setting into motion a meticulous plan of action that could go on for well o
here, it really does. the accessible queue has now closed, and there s a warning the general queue will shut well before the funeral service. the line currently stretches back five miles. next week, the queen s coffin will be transferred to westminster abbey for herfuneral, led by the dean of westminster. right at the heart of this is a family funeral, we mustn t forget that. deeply personal and a very, very difficult thing for a family to navigate. but this is also a celebration of a quite extraordinary life. this evening, the queen s eight grandchildren, including princes william and harry, will hold a vigil by their grandmother s coffin. also on the programme. ukraine says more western weaponry is needed to beat the russians, as bodies are recovered from a mass burial site, newly liberated in north eastern ukraine. hundreds protest outside new scotland yard over the shooting dead of 24 year old chris kaba. and football pays tribute to the queen in the first full weekend of
mayor of london sadiq khan and suella braverman, the home secretary, who have quite an awesome responsibility over the next two or three days with over 500 due in london from 200 different countries, 20 royal is here. security at most. it may be one of the biggest security operation is the met police has overseen in many, many years. operations. queen elizabeth had a strong attachment to france, a country she visited many times and whose language she spoke fluently. france reciprocated the feeling. president macron said the french were grateful for president macron said the french were gratefulfor her president macron said the french were grateful for her majesty s deep affection for their country. she mastered our language, he said, she loved their culture and she touched our hearts . hugh schofield reports from paris. in 1948 from paris. “11948 aged just 22 her majesty fell for paris and paris fell for her. on an official visit representing herfather, the newly marrie
with the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. she was shot in her home in liverpool in august. king charles and the queen consort camilla visited dunfermline on their first official engagment since the period of royal mourning came to an end. and coming up we meet mr doodle the man from kent who makes his living from doodling and has covered his whole house in drawings. hello, if you havejustjoined us welcome to bbc news. just to remind you we will have live coverage of the chancellor kwasi kwarteng s speech to the conservative party conference later. he has been forced into a dramatic u turn to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. the decision to ditch the policy a decision which mr kwarteng confirmed this morning came less than 2a hours after the prime minister liz truss had publicly defended it. in a statement, mr kwarteng said the 45p tax plan had become a huge distraction and that the government had listened to people s concerns. yesterday on the bbc,