their first appearance at a royal event in two years yesterday. at the national service of thanksgiving. their two children, archie and lillibet travelled with them to the uk and today it is her first birthday. on the mall, the excitement is building, with people arriving early to get the best spot for the event. on this huge set, built in front of buckingham palace, the likes of duran duran, queen and diana ross will take to any one of the four stages, as thisjubilee weekend continues. sarah campbell, bbc news, buckingham palace. i was here last night when they did some rehearsals. behind me, it is still empty, but in a few minutes they will open the door and people who had been queueing, they will be coming out here to watch the concert. they all have tickets, it will be an enormous party.
ears, sometimes it takes little moments like that to humanise an institution like the royal family. exactly. it s a family business so to speak in the subjects he does human moments, that helps with their pr, their visuals, their optics, and reminds people they are behind a history of the monarchy and actually they do make mistakes, they are fragile and also much like us, but actually, that then enhances that image because people can relate to that far more. we image because people can relate to that far more. that far more. we want them to be fra . ile that far more. we want them to be fragile and that far more. we want them to be fragile and mortal, that far more. we want them to be fragile and mortal, but that far more. we want them to be fragile and mortal, but not too - fragile and mortal, but not too mortal and too fragile, it s interesting looking at this crowd here a lot of people of my generation, but lots of your generation, but lots of your generation and younger out.
i was seven when she came to the throne i was seven when she came to the throne. she s always been part of my life and throne. she s always been part of my life and the throne. she s always been part of my life and the fact that i ve met her on several life and the fact that i ve met her on several occasions makes it even more on several occasions makes it even more important for me. the on several occasions makes it even more important for me. on several occasions makes it even more important for me. the stage is set, clean more important for me. the stage is set. clean the more important for me. the stage is set, clean the band more important for me. the stage is set, clean the band will more important for me. the stage is set, clean the band will open - more important for me. the stage is set, clean the band will open the - set, clean the band will open the party at the palace tomorrow night. thousands will be watching here, millions more will be watching from home as
thisjubilee weekend, are katherine pepinstow whose new book defenders of the faith, addresses one of the reasons this queen does not contemplate retirement her faith. yasmin alabi, a brown british columnist who is a committed republican, and henry chu from the la times. in the united states, a country formed in revolt from the then english monarch. welcome to you all. thank you very much for coming in, particularly on such a busy weekend. catherine, can i start with you? there s no doubt that this weekend feels like a very public affirmation of this queen. but is it also consciously, do you think, for the monarchy, at least, a moment of transition? it does feel like that. it s been feeling like that for a while now. we saw the prince of wales represent his mother at the state opening of parliament, another major occasion, and this one too. so i think transition is a good word for it, but he s not being a replacement. he s representing her. and i m intrigued that there hasn t been a sug
stage is set, the queen, the ban, will open it tomorrow night. thousands will be watching it here and millions more will be watching from home as thisjubilee weekend continues. sarah campbell, on stage at buckingham palace. let s speak now to our correspondent helena wilkinson who s in windsor. the queen wasn t able to be at st paul s, is she likely to be present at other events this weekend? well, we really don t know. i think decisions are going to be made around how the queen is feeling at the time, but we have had confirmation from the palace this afternoon that the queen will not attend the epsom derby tomorrow. not attend the epsom derby tomorrow. not a huge surprise given her mobility issues, but it will be a big disappointment for her majesty, given her love of horse racing. we heard about that in nicholas witchell s report. it was touched upon at saint pope was my cathedral earlier on today. until the until the pandemic the queen has only missed two derby days in her reign. w